I would have to say that one thing to be careful of is footing. A place that might be a breeze in the daylight can become very difficult in the dark.

An interesting description page to set the mood, but you guys have that down pretty well.

Now I read somewhere that stages of night caches are not restricted by the 528 rule, is that true? Of course the final would still need to be 528 away from other caches….

Anyone wanna take a stab at clarifying this?

We don’t worry about firetacks for proximity. The one place people usually fail is not including GPS usage. At a minimum, you need to start your night cache at some random spot, rather than a parking lot, trail junction or other easy to find location. This is just like a LBH in this respect. Note that some people go the extra mile and have intermediate waypoints, so you go to a spot, follow a trail, find a container, go to the next spot, follow another trail, etc. Note also that parks take a very dim view of placing firetacks along bridle trails (horsemen ride at night with headlamps as well, and the flash from the fire tacks startles the horses). Also note that placing this sort of cache in a hunting area is bound to be screwed up by some hunter placing his own trail right across yours. (I’ve seen it happen 3 times!)