Portsmouth Top Caches by Favorite Points

Planning your caching around the picnic?  Coming in from out of town, and want to make sure you don’t miss some of the best caches?  Over the next few weeks, we’ll be generating several lists to help with this.

Each list will detail the best geocaches in each city in the Hampton Roads and surrounding areas based on the number of favorite points these caches have earned.

 Here is the list for Portsmouth – top 12 caches based on favorite points earned:

1.    GCH83K – Cannon of the Presbyterian Church – 23 favorite points - hidden by ATLAS Carya.  This virtual cache is located in the downtown area of Portsmouth just over 27 miles from Newport News Park.

2.    GC2Z3RY – The Meatless Steak – 19 favorite points - hidden by Carole & Tucky.  This neat little cache is located about 27 miles from Newport News Park. 

3.    GC36JHM – Are you kidding? – 13 favorite points – hidden by ny311fan.  A tricky little cache located about 27 miles from Newport News Park.

4.    GC8880 – Cradock Cache – 11 favorite points – hidden by Seth!.  A puzzle cache located in an area with a lot of history.  Located almost 29 miles from Newport News Park.

5.    GC36J27 – Revenge for 302 – 11 favorite points – hidden by HuffinPuff.  This nice little cache is located about 27 miles from Newport News Park.

6.    GC3MC3F – B8 – GCHR Battleship – 7 favorite points – hidden by GCHR Fleet Command.  This cache about 25 miles from Newport News Park.

7.    GC35N4K – I Will Cache With You – 5 favorite points – hidden by litechs_wife.  This is a puzzle cache in the downtown area of Portsmouth.

8.    GC1YCF1 – Spoils of War Revived – 5 favorite points – hidden by JDGood1.  Annother cache located in the downtown area of Portsmouth.

9.    GC1JVHB – HR History #5 – High St – 4 favorite points – hidden by DMB4Life.  A puzzle cache located somewhere in Portsmouth.

10.  GC1JT94 – HR History #4 – Frederick – 4 favorite points – hidden by DMB4Life.  Another puzzle cache located somewhere in Portsmouth.

11.  GC22AQX – SSB – Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation & Preserve – 4 favorite points – hidden by Star-Spangled Banner.  Located in a very scenic wildlife preserve near the James River.

12.  GC2NCRZ – what a gun – 4 favorite points – hidden by turnersrugs.  A micro cache located in a very historic area of Portsmouth.