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COVID
Effective 12/16/2020 -
With a heavy heart, and what we consider the spirit of the governor’s travel restrictions as well as the very limited number of people allowed at even outdoor events (25 at time of this message), we will no longer be publishing event caches. Additionally, we will be archiving any published events that are scheduled to take place before Feb 1st.
If you are a cache owner that is affected by this archival, please use the announcement feature to let cachers who posted a will attend know the event was cancelled.
The duration of this change is unknown and will be based on guidance provided by the state.
Please be safe and stay healthy.
Cemeteries
While cemetery caches are fine, we are very careful about listing anything that is too close to a grave. Please include as much information as possible on where and how it the cache is hidden.
Challenges
The guidelines don't specify from what area "plenty of qualifying caches" is. For the purposes of this state, consider 500 miles to be a reasonable ending spot for the majority of challenges in regards to "plenty of qualifying caches". This does not mean that all challenge caches will have a max of 500 miles or it will be applied to every challenge but if we have concerns, that will be the distance we will use.
Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority (HMUA)
No caches may be placed on their land. Entering their land, marked or not, is considered trespassing.
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National Park Service
NPS managed land in New Jersey are off-limits to geocache placements (virtual or physical) without a special usage permit. This includes but is not limited to areas directly on the official A.T. corridor. Visit Link For Locations
National Wildlife Refuges
In New Jersey are off-limits to physical geocache placements. Visit Link For Locations
State Parks and Forests
Effective May 31, 2015, New Jersey State Parks and Forests requires a permit for all active geocaches on state park and forest land.
Until May 31st 2015, there is a moratorium on new geocache placements on state managed lands. Until then, no new geocaches will be reviewed by state employees as they focus on bringing the existing geocaches into compliance with the new permit system.
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry Geocaching Policy: New Jersey Geocaching Policy 2.37
Use this form to apply for a permit: New Jersey Geocaching Permit Form
After your permit is issued, you are required to add the following approval logo on your cache page:
To add the logo, copy and paste the text below, exactly as it appears, at the end of your Long Description. Make sure to include your permit approval number and expiration date in the code after "Geocache Identification Permit Approval Number:" and "Permit Expires on:", respectively. Don't forget to check the box on your edit page next to "The descriptions below are in HTML" so the image will appear correctly.
A current map dataset of state park and forest land has been provided to the New Jersey review team for their private use in their role as volunteer reviewers. There is an older version available for public use, but be aware that it is no longer 100% accurate: Cache42.net.
Wildlife Management Areas
The Wildlife Management Areas' (WMA) website mentions a prohibition on Geocaching.
WMA Regulations Page
As we have not heard anything directly from them, we will not be publishing (or unarchiving) caches on WMA lands but will leave the current caches on WMA land. If we hear differently, we will update the wiki and let cache owners know.