| Geo-Caching Adventures |
| Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel offers exclusive unpublished Geocaching adventure to our guests. Geocaching is a fun and entertaining activity that is growing in popularity around the globe by GPS users. Participating in a cache or "stash" hunt is a fun way to get outdoors and to take advantage of the features and capability of a GPS unit. Using a GPS unit, you will find locations by coordinates that have additional clues to find a the Uncle Johnny's treasure stash. Once found, the cache or stash has a logbook and contains valuable and fun information, coupons and rewards. Successful hunters will also be entered in the Uncle Johnny's Geo- Caching drawing to win a free Uncle Johnny's Merchandise Certificate. We have several unique geocache hunts to choose from to begin your geocaching adventure. Geocaching hunts are available to all Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel and Outfitters guests. Upon registration you will receive directions to the first waypoint to begin your adventure. |
| Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel & Outfitters 151 River Road, Erwin, Tennessee |

| Email Us At: unclejohnnys2000@yahoo.com |
| Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 480,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the sport. Geocaches are currently placed in 222 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. |
| The activity was originally referred to as GPS stash hunt or gpsstashing. This was changed after a discussion in the gpsstash discussion group at eGroups (now Yahoo!). On May 30, 2000, Matt Stum suggested that "stash" could have negative connotations, and suggested instead "geocaching |
| Global Positioning Stash Hunt Group at Yahoo Groups |
| Erwin Linear Trail – N 36° 8.13 W 82° 25.50 Start you journey on the Linear Trail and you will find a hidden treasure around one of the beautiful bridges. Cache available 24/7. |