President's MessageNEW Become A Member Welcome to the exciting world of geocaching! On behalf of the officers of the Northern New Jersey Cachers (NNJC), a non-profit geocaching organization, we would like to invite you to look into and join our organization. The purpose of our organization is to promote, communicate and provide general information about the growing sport of geocaching in New Jersey. We have recently included a new Log in / Registration tab for anyone interested in becoming member to join NNJC. Please see info on this page, and help support NNJC! THIS IS ALSO FOR ALL EXISTING MEMBERS, please register with your email information. We are a group, comprised of geocachers from all over the tri-state area with the common goal of enjoying quality geocaching in Northern New Jersey. Since 2005, NNJC has promoted this sport and helped bring together a community of people from all walks of life, and by providing resources to those just starting out! Through our NNJC web site you can discover area meet and greets, caching events, milestones, popular caches, frequently asked questions and contacts for other cachers in your area. NNJC meets the First Monday of each month in Parsippany, everyone is welcome to attend the gathering. Whether geocaching becomes your hobby, sport, activity or obsession, we want to welcome you and offer any assistance we can, as you become part of our geocaching community. Membership is free join and become part of a local and tight-knit geocaching community with the same active interest of geocaching in New Jersey. Register at our social media sites. All we ask, is that you spread the word about geocaching, and again welcome aboard! Also, make sure you check put our Metro Gathering Mega Event website with lots of information about the 2018 fall Mega! Metrogathering.org ~ LINK If you have any questions, feel free to let us know on our Contact US page. Sincerely, John Neale, ~ "Old Navy" President ~ NNJC.org Metrogathering.org 
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Monthly Meetings:
First Monday of the Month @ Fuddruckers 3159 Route 46 East Parsippany, NJ 07054 We are in the back room. 
Welcome to the new Log in / Registration for anyone who wants to join and become a member of NNJC. This is also for existing "members" please register your information! By registering at the tab above you will become a member and receive email notifications of events, and the future newsletter! You will also gain access to NNJC's "members only" area of the website, (still under development)
Help support NNJC by purchasing a "members only" pathtag and geocoin! These are only available through becoming a NNJC member! The Geocoin is a similar reissue of the NNJC's 2005 New Jersey geocoin. The Pathtag is an updated "gold" version of the 2012 pathtag that compliments the geocoin. Please note: The tags are in production and the coins are in final design. We will share the back side very soon, but it will be a complimenting NJ Devil theme with The Devil's tree as seen in Weird NJ! 
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Memo from the President's desk
Lots of NNJC Geocaching activities happened in 2017! We partnered with Whittemore C.C.C. and developed an amazing Geotrail throughout their 180 acre property. We had a record turnout at the 4th Annual MetroGathering.org Mega event, "Legend of Sleepy Hollow on 10/28/17. We launched the 1st annual fun "Golden Ticket" contest with 100 lucky finders received a Gold Coin!
We are planning the 5th annual MetroGathering.org Mega event at Waterloo Village, this year we are working on the "The Salem Witches" theme! Check out our dedicated website and the above link!
2018 busy with lots of planning, we held the NNJC April 21st CITO at the Whittemore property. The 2018 Search for the Metro Gathering Mega Golden Tickets started 4/4/18. NNJC is a small sponsor the GSWA music concert in June. We are holding at Geo101 in Stevens State park too. Check back for updates.
Whittemore CCC Cito & Earth Day Event
Whittemore CCC Cito & Earth Day Event was held on 4/21/18 GC7KJ2J
The Northern New Jersey cachers, NNJC,vhelped builds and mulch trails at the Whittemore House (located at 7 Rockaway Road, Oldwick, NJ 08858): the former home of Helen Whittemore. It houses a Welcome Center, Artist-in-Residence Studio, Art Exhibits, Classrooms, Snack Bar, and Bathrooms. LINK |
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GSWA’s Inaugural Music Festival JUNE 10th
NNJC is proud to donate and help support and sponsor one of our land partners the Great Swamp Watershed Association ~ GSWA. Come out on to enjoy an afternoon of music!
Great Swamp, Great Music! Spread out a blanket or bring your lawn chairs.
This live Music Festival features 4 of our favorite local bands:Not Enough JeffsThe Gammon BrothersHub HollowStomp Box
June 10 at 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm ~ Hartley Farms Polo Field
Children 13 and under are free / HS and College Students with Proper ID: $10Adults 18 Years and Older: $20
info link
Get comfy under the tent or relax and enjoy the sunshine out in the polo field for this family-friendly event. Get a bite to eat from a variety of food vendors, grab a drink, and be sure to leave some room for ice cream, served out of a 1950’s custom ice cream truck. You’ll also want to browse these historic grounds and check out the unique and interesting items for sale by our local merchandise vendors.
Food vendors:Cafe Beethoven of Chatham – Hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken & salads
Minute Man of Morristown – BBQ pork, chicken & ribs, grilled veggies, beans, & cornbread
Rocco’s Pizza of Madison
Delicious New Jersey Ice Cream
…and there’s plenty of free parking.
Great Swamp, Great Music! Spread out a blanket or bring your lawn chairs.
This live Music Festival features 4 of our favorite local bands:Not Enough JeffsThe Gammon BrothersHub HollowStomp Box
June 10 at 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm ~ Hartley Farms Polo Field
Children 13 and under are free / HS and College Students with Proper ID: $10Adults 18 Years and Older: $20
info link
Get comfy under the tent or relax and enjoy the sunshine out in the polo field for this family-friendly event. Get a bite to eat from a variety of food vendors, grab a drink, and be sure to leave some room for ice cream, served out of a 1950’s custom ice cream truck. You’ll also want to browse these historic grounds and check out the unique and interesting items for sale by our local merchandise vendors.
Food vendors:Cafe Beethoven of Chatham – Hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken & salads
Minute Man of Morristown – BBQ pork, chicken & ribs, grilled veggies, beans, & cornbread
Rocco’s Pizza of Madison
Delicious New Jersey Ice Cream
…and there’s plenty of free parking.
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Geocaching 101 event Stevens State Park Sunday July 29th 2018
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The 2018 Metro Gathering Mega Event
The 2018 Metro Gathering Mega event will take palce October 20th, 2018, a week earlier this year. This years Theme : Witches of Salem
~ All information can be found on our mega website:
metrogathering.org!
LINK
~ All information can be found on our mega website:
metrogathering.org!
LINK
NNJC Featured Pictures
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RAINBOW REDHEAD at Point Mountain overlook!
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Signal strolling at Waterloo Village
Featured Geocache
NNJC Launched the new Whittemore C.C.C.Geotrail
Sunday September 10th, 2017
All participants who complete this awesome trail will receive a custom Whittemore Pathtag! NNJC will continue to host Whittemore's geocaching trail as well as create a new mini-trail this spring for Eyes on Autism. Link
2017 NNJC Earth Day CITO events
EssexCounty Environmental Center ~
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Thanks to Rich, Carol, Paul ~ BraillerCD, Dave, DTLee, Stephan, Roxbury Devil and Old Navy for volunteering at the Geo101 table!
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NNJC Earth Day Cito at Great Swamp Watershed
NNJC CITO at GSWA conversation area
NNJC ~ Girl Scout Earth Day Geocaching table in Warren NJ ~ "speedy#1"
Sophia Smith and Julianna O'Sheal
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Join and become a member of NNJC
We now have a new Log in / Registration tab for anyone who wants the join NNJC and become a member. This is also for existing "members" please register your information! After you register you will then receive an email and become a member. Please note this email will be within a week or sooner. As a member you will receive email notifications of events, and the future newsletter! You will also gain access to NNJC's "members only" area of the website.(under development) |
WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS
We are working on many improvements to the NNJC website and are always looking for volunteers! If you would like to join and volunteer some time to assist with website development, content, photos, articles, newsletter, we could use your help! Please submit through the contact us link! |
IMSpider hits 100,000 Caches ~ #6 in the world!!
We Celebrated IMSpider's 100,000 cache find Saturday 5/6/17 at Camp Jefferson!
On Sunday, November 05, 2006, IMSpider was simply hiking along the cliffs of Garret Mountain and stumbled upon a Geocache, quite by accident he found "The Whole 9 Yards" GCYMUP by Vanm. This first geocache intrigued him, and he has since continued, persevering 10+ years through rain, sleet and snow, finding 100,000 caches.
On March, 3, 2010 An IMSpider 10,000 tribute cache was placed within Mountain Way Park to celebrate IMSpider's 10,000 cache milestone!
In April 2017 IMSpider achieved an amazing geocache milestone, only a very few can geocachers worldwide will ever achieve, reaching 100,000 geocache finds!
CACHE PAGE LINK
On Sunday, November 05, 2006, IMSpider was simply hiking along the cliffs of Garret Mountain and stumbled upon a Geocache, quite by accident he found "The Whole 9 Yards" GCYMUP by Vanm. This first geocache intrigued him, and he has since continued, persevering 10+ years through rain, sleet and snow, finding 100,000 caches.
On March, 3, 2010 An IMSpider 10,000 tribute cache was placed within Mountain Way Park to celebrate IMSpider's 10,000 cache milestone!
In April 2017 IMSpider achieved an amazing geocache milestone, only a very few can geocachers worldwide will ever achieve, reaching 100,000 geocache finds!
CACHE PAGE LINK
NNJC Newsletter
We will bring you many exciting events, developing solid new partnerships, and we are adding back the long awaited NNJC Newsletter ! Click on the Articles tab to see the current newsletter.
We ask you to become involved and submit your stories, photos and we'll include them each month! We are also working on enhancing the NNJC membership with better communications, and information. We are planning the 2015 Metro Gathering Mega event, and need many volunteers, please contact us and help become part of the planning.
We will bring you many exciting events, developing solid new partnerships, and we are adding back the long awaited NNJC Newsletter ! Click on the Articles tab to see the current newsletter.
We ask you to become involved and submit your stories, photos and we'll include them each month! We are also working on enhancing the NNJC membership with better communications, and information. We are planning the 2015 Metro Gathering Mega event, and need many volunteers, please contact us and help become part of the planning.
NNJC'S MEMBERS CORNER
PHOTO'S OF OUR MEMBERS ENJOYING LOCAL GEOCACHING!
Rainbow_Redhead's Awesome Kids working the trails!
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NNJC EVENTS, ROAD TRIPS& TRAVELS
Check out the NNJC Calendar for updates on future events, road trips and travels. We are always working on many great adventures for our members, friends and families. We are now working on our 2016 Calendar, let us know if you have an idea for an event or travel. Please send in your photo's!
Larry ~ Shibawalker
GEOCACHING AROUND THE COUNTRY
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What do you come across while Geocaching?
We will feature your videos and photos of the interesting, unusual, strange and funny things or places you come across while out on your Geocaching adventure! This was a strange site, when we realized a movie was being shot, Centralia Pa. |
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World's Largest Bison?
911 memorial ~ Jersey City NJ
looking at the Freedom Tower
Ordering a new pathtag this year?
Please consider choosing the NNJC back during your back selection. This is a fund raiser and proceeds will go to support NNJC!
Samples are shown in different metals.
NNJC Car Magnets
