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GEORGIA FALL COURTESY TASHA SIMON oversees geocaching in the 47 parks, which are divided into four regions: Coastal, Sandhills, Mountains and Lakes. "Geocaching brings a whole new kind of customer to our state parks and historic sites. A couple of years ago, we placed free GPS devices and geocaching in- Geocaching can be as simple or as challenging as structions in our overnight you'd like it to be. Here, Tasha Simon embarks on her cabins for our guests to use," first tree-climbing cache pursuit near Trussville, Ala. he says. The cache, GC4E5MG ("No Wuss Series #3"), has the In September, Berry host- highest rating for difficulty and terrain. ed a GeoWeekend at Barnwell State Park in Blackville that inGeocaching resources cluded camping, s'mores and lots of geocaching, including a night hunt. 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Geocachers_Association Geocaching is a great way to disGeorgia cover the range of South Carolina's * gastateparks.org/geocaching natural beauty and rich cultural his* geocaching.com/play/geotours/georgia tory, he says. You'll get to visit all stateparks 47 parks if you take the S.C. State * fieldtripswithsue.com/geocachingParks Geocache Challenge, south georgia car olinaparks.com/things-to-do/ * gastateparks.org/HistoryTrail-GeoTour geocaching/default.aspx. Those who * ggaonline.org/gga_home.php (Georgia find the 52 caches win a T-shirt. 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