The first & only 420 geocache

FIRST420 GEOCACHEON EARTH.

A real-world cannabis geocaching game played across Chicago. Follow a trail, unlock a cache, turn a dinner into a hunt. No app-speak — just coordinates, a back pocket, and what you find.

21+ only · no sales, just the hunt

Aerial night map of Chicago city grid with a faint glowing trail toward Lake Michigan
41.8781° N · 87.6298° W · CHISignal found

(a) How it works

Three steps to the find.

Every cache runs the same loop. Pick one on the site, head to the ground, crack it and redeem. But the clue can show up as trivia, a picture, a riddle, or coordinates — and the payoff changes with the game you choose.

01

Choose your cache

Pick a cache on the site. The clue is right there — trivia, a photo, a riddle, or coordinates. You see what game it is: open trail, long game, or a dinner sitting. Then you know the ground you're heading to.

02

Find the spot

Head out. Sometimes the cache is sitting right there. Sometimes you earn it — show up to a location, snap a GPS-verified photo, and the site feeds you the next clue. Long games run this loop for days.

03

Crack & redeem

Open the cache, pull the code inside. Open trails: the code deactivates that trail so no one else walks up empty. Long games: a deactivation code plus a redemption code — because the weight wouldn't fit inside the geocache.

(b) Pick your hunt

Six ways to play.

Different paces, same trail logic. Grab a pack off the shelf, run the free trails — earn the machines, then rally your crew.

Always on

Open Trails

STATUS / REPLENISHED

TIME TO FIND / ANY DAY

CODE / DEACTIVATES

Open weed, out there right now. Read the trivia, study the photo, follow the clue to the spot. Crack the cache and pull the code — it deactivates that trail on the site so the next hunter doesn't walk up to nothing.

Chicago side street at dusk with el tracks overhead and a faint green pin glow
Locked

Long Game

STATUS / CODE-SEALED

TIME TO FIND / DAYS

CODE / DEACTIVATE + REDEEM

Multi-step hunts that take days. Show up to a location, snap a GPS-verified photo, the site feeds you the next clue. Crack the cache for a deactivation code — plus a redemption code, because an ounce won't fit in a geocache. Redeem it for the real weight.

Brass padlock and chain on dark Chicago bridge ironwork in amber light
By invitation

Dinner Events

STATUS / SEATING

TIME TO FIND / MORNING 420

CODE / AT THE TABLE

Dinner and a night out. Walk away with a code. At dawn the hunt is on — a full group scavenger hunt for the big piles. Pounds, ten-pound gummy runs, the kind of haul that makes a plug.

Warm candlelit Chicago speakeasy dinner table with exposed brick and Edison bulbs
Earned access

420 Vending Machines

STATUS / LOCKED

REQUIRES / FULL MEMBER

PROOF / 5 · 3 · 2

The machine locations aren't posted anywhere. Full members who've closed out 5 open trails, 3 long games and 2 dinner hunts can request access — approved hunters get the live machine map on their member page.

  • 5 × open trail closed
  • 3 × long game closed
  • 2 × dinner hunt closed
  • → request machine map
On shelves

Loud Pack: City Run

PRICE / $100 PACK

CREW / 2 – 20 PEOPLE

RUN TIME / ONE DAY

Buy the bag in store — there's no flower in it. Inside is a printed trivia run across the city: answer the cards, scan the codes you find along the route, and the last scan tells you where your prize is waiting. Built for friend groups and tourists who want the whole hunt in an afternoon.

  • Grab the pack off the shelf
  • Trivia cards → city route
  • Scan codes as you go
  • → retrieve prize at the finish
Crew race

4/20 Bike Rally

STATUS / ROLL CALL

CREW / 6+ RIDERS

WIN / FASTEST TIME

420-friendly bike crews, six or more. Meet at one spot, scan the start code, then split — north, south, east, west. Each rider bikes to their own checkpoint, scans the barcode there to log the time. Beat the crew before you, hold the top of the board and you stay in the winner's circle — rally kings.

  • Meet at the start, scan in
  • Split up, each rider one checkpoint
  • Scan barcode → log your time
  • → fastest crew = rally kings
Request a rally

(c) The dinner play

Eat first. Hunt at dawn.

The biggest hauls are earned at the table first. One seat turns into a dawn group hunt for the kind of weight that makes a plug.

Next sitting

The Ember Room · Chicago · Sat 6:30 PM

14 SEATS · 21+ · CODES ISSUED AT 9:00

  1. 1

    Book a seat

    Reserve a place at a hosted dinner. Small tables, real food, no phones out — the night is its own thing.

  2. 2

    Eat the meal

    The evening is the warm-up. Talk, taste, and loosen your grip on the map in your back pocket.

  3. 3

    Take your code

    When you leave, your seat is sealed with a code. It stays locked until the morning — then it opens the hunt.

  4. 4

    Run the 420 hunt

    At dawn the code opens a full group scavenger hunt. Run it with your people and chase the big piles — pounds, gummy runs, the real weight.

(d) Membership

Two ways in.

Start free with a cache a month, or run the whole board all month long.

Free account

$0

  • One geocache a month, your pick
  • Full hunt desk: clues, pictures, trivia, notes
  • Archive of everything you've found
Create free account

Full member

$50 / month

  • Unlimited caches for the full month
  • Open Trails, Long Games and Dinner Event hunts
  • Every redemption code you earn is yours
Go full member

21+ only · payment arranged directly

(d) Join the trail

First coordinates drop soon.

Get on the waitlist and we'll send your first set of coordinates when a Chicago trail goes live.

21+ only · no purchase, no sales — just the game