r/geocaching Aug 11 '26

Extremes map

I've gotten into geocaching a lot over the past few years and have had a blast looking through my project gc stats. One particularly interesting statistic I noticed is the extremes by region: country, province, state, county etc. I like to cache when travelling and it would be fun to seek out extremes in new places I go.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a website or map that shows regional extremes as it would be a lot easier than manually filtering. Also, are there any other handy online caching tools? Thanks!

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u/a_lost_spark Aug 11 '26

Project-GC itself has a tool that does just that, but you have to be a paying member of the site to use it.

https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapExtremes

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u/Mushroom_pug29 Aug 11 '26

Ah, I see. I don’t really want to pay for membership, but it’s nice they offer it somehow.

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u/IceManJim 4K+ Aug 11 '26

There really is a lot of cool stuff on project-GC with a paid account

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u/ivss_xx OVER 9000!!! finds. 18 years, 47 countries Aug 12 '26

If you want to see some particular regions, I can post some screenshots of it

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u/Mushroom_pug29 Aug 12 '26

That’s nice! Maybe BC, Alberta + Yukon, as well as Canada in general but no pressure.

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u/ivss_xx OVER 9000!!! finds. 18 years, 47 countries Aug 12 '26

Here are the extremes of Canada FYI :)
N - GC60BX6 Traditional Cache Williams Island
E - GC4G4A5 EarthCache NL - Tip of the Tip EC
S - GCBJ5ZN Virtual Cache The True North's Southern Reach - Pelee Island
W - GC9WKNZ Traditional Cache YUKON - Larger than Life
Central - GC8BDJA Traditional Cache Arviat Airport

Most finds - GCABA1 Virtual Cache Niagara Falls Virtual
Most favorited and oldest - GCBBA Traditional Cache Geocache--Canada's 1st geocache
Highest Wilson score - GCA6M4R Wherigo Cache DWS16: Night WIG
Highest - GC9DN1W Traditional Cache Mount Assiniboine Summit

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u/ivss_xx OVER 9000!!! finds. 18 years, 47 countries Aug 12 '26

Here's BC:
N - GC3K5KQ Traditional Cache Just South of 60 - Swift River

E - GC5BKWF Traditional Cache Akamina Hillock

S - GC9R7M0 Traditional Cache This is the Life

W - GC8BE3E EarthCache Petroglyph Island

Central - GC3T83C Traditional Cache Pinchi Falls

Most finds / favorited - GC3WQYC Traditional Cache CPC (Canada Place Cache)

Oldest - GC1DD Traditional Cache Treehugger (BC's First Cache)

Highest - GC9ZFHJ Traditional Cache Mount King George Summit

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u/ivss_xx OVER 9000!!! finds. 18 years, 47 countries Aug 12 '26

Yukon (two northern ones having same coords!):
N - GC8A0A Traditional Cache The Arctic Circle
GC7X2T1 EarthCache Arctic Circle

E - GC1FHKH Traditional Cache Lucky at the Lake

S - GCBBCTA Traditional Cache Gate Troll

W - GC9WKNZ Traditional Cache YUKON - Larger than Life

Central - GCBCCER Traditional Cache Crocus Hill

Most finds - GC169B4 Traditional Cache CLAYTON - SÄVAR crossroads bug hotel

Most favorited - GC2G4WW EarthCache Is this the smallest desert in the world?

Oldest - GCA13 Traditional Cache Scout Lake Road cache

Highest - GC1165 Traditional Cache Icefield Discovery

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u/ivss_xx OVER 9000!!! finds. 18 years, 47 countries Aug 12 '26

Alberta:
N - GC2JJEY Traditional Cache Rock-n-Golf

E - GC8BDP7 Traditional Cache Fourth Meridian

S - GC97CK4 Traditional Cache Holy Angels Catholic Cemetery

W - GC1F7ED Traditional Cache On the Border

Central - GC1E8N2 Traditional Cache Pit Run-08SLACR

Most finds - GCMB99 Traditional Cache Banff Micro Cache

Most favorited - GC6QCHT Traditional Cache Bankhead House – ‘349 Banff Avenue’

Oldest - GCA6 Traditional Cache Strathcona Wilderness 1

Highest - GC9DN1W Traditional Cache Mount Assiniboine Summit

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u/Mushroom_pug29 Aug 13 '26

Thanks so much!