We knew it was going to happen, and now it has. Maine has over 2000 active caches. I am awaiting the data to update the stats page, will update later today.

That's a lot of caches - one for about every 12 square miles for the entire state! That's about a 2 mile radius...

Is 2000 a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's good, but I wished they were more dispersed. There are a lot of cacheworthy areas available here.

That's a lotta caches!!

Hard to believe that as few as 2 themed, seed-caches have resulted in 157 of those hides. That reminds me, I have one to hide..;)

That's a lotta caches!!
Hard to believe that as few as 2 themed, seed-caches have resulted in 157 of those hides. That reminds me, I have one to hide..;)

Yea, not to mention the rallies and the FTF-A THON. :o

The updated stats of all caches placed in Maine is here (http://www.geocachingmaine.org/index.php?page=maine_stats).

Here are some quick stats of the 2006 active caches that were listed this morning:

Total Caches: 2006

Travel Bugs:
Total TBs: 923
Caches w/TBs: 470 (23.4%)
Most TBs: 141
GCVK50 Coming Round the Bend of Rooster Rock

Caches by type:
Traditional Cache: 1701 (84.8%)
Multi-Cache: 116 (5.8%)
Virtual Cache: 34 (1.7%)
Letterbox Hybrid: 7 (.3%)
Event Cache: 7 (.3%)
Webcam Cache: 2 (.1%)
Unknown Cache: 117 (5.8%)
Cache In Trash Out Event: 3 (.1%)
Earthcache: 19 (.9%)

Caches by container:
micro: 492 (24.5%)
small: 319 (15.9%)
regular: 1026 (51.1%)
large: 16 (.8%)
other: 45 (2.2%)
virtual: 34 (1.7%)
not chosen: 74 (3.7%)

Cache Ratings:
Difficulty:
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5
Average: 1.9
Terrain:
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5
Average: 2

Cache Age:
Oldest Cache: 2001-01-02
Youngest Cache: 2007-09-15
Average hidden date: 2005-10-17

Does anybody know what other states average?:confused:

Does anybody know what other states average?:confused:

1.3 ga-jillion....... And that is just in Raliegh!:rolleyes: