What does a terrain rating tell you about a cache?

How hard the route and ground are.

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  1. How many items are inside
  2. How tricky the puzzle is
  3. How hard the route and ground are ✔

Why: Terrain ratings describe the physical effort and ground conditions to reach a cache.

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Answer: How hard the route and ground are. Terrain ratings describe the physical effort and ground conditions to reach a cache.

  1. Scouting America: Geocaching www.scouting.org/merit-badges/geocaching
    difficulty and terrain ratings
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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