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Letterboxing is an intriguing “treasure hunt” style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth.

There are about 60,000 active letterboxes listed on LbNA alone. Individual letterboxes usually contain a log book, an often hand-carved rubber stamp and occasionally contain an ink pad. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp on their personal log book, and leave an imprint of their personal stamp on the letterbox’s logbook.

1. forgotten graveyards #9 and #10 weare, NH (2)
2. forgotten graveyad #11 - corliss burial weare, NH
3. Smonecten Sidney, BRC
4. Love Those Movies: Jaws Los Angeles, CA
5. Oak Bay Visitor 2 Victoria, BRC
6. Truth be Told Family Katy, TX
7. Owl Encounter Rib Lake, WI
8. Low Tide Chemainus, BC, BRC
9. The Boulders Ashfield, MA
10. Pride in the Park Farmington, MI
11. Alesmith Brewing San Diego, CA
12. Point Peter Loop Port Jervis, NY

More new letterboxes

1. H2O Seymour, CT
2. Waterfalls Thirty-eight Seymour, CT
3. SOLDIER'S MONUMENT Seymour, CT
4. The End of Scott Cooley Johnson City, TX
5. The Hunting of the Snark! ???, MA
6. Mt Arrowsmith Brewing Parksville, BRC
7. Kachina Doll St. George, UT
8. Alesmith Brewing San Diego, CA
9. 65brownie12 Bonita, CA
10. Horseshoe Bay Burnet, TX
11. The Womble Homesite New Hill, NC
12. Troop2161 Poway, CA

As a letterboxer who loves the thrill of the hunt as much as planting them, my biggest tip is being as detailed as possible with instructions. Hidden messages are fine and dandy, but I have come across more confusing directions then I can count. Check over your stories and revise if need be to make it simpler. Lots of boxes are hunted for by children and their parents. [by berchta76]