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. I Love Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK
2. Little Angel Orange Beach, AL
3. Orange Beach Community Cemetery Orange Beach, AL
4. One Fairbanks, AK
5. Missing Hubcaps: GMC Denali Fairbanks, AK
6. We Scream for Caffeine Fairbanks, AK
7. FAI airport Fairbanks, AK
8. Salty Bear Fairbanks, AK
9. Living After Midnight Fairbanks, AK
10. Dead of Winter Fairbanks, AK
11. Greetings! Gulf Shores, AL
12. Cielito Lindo 1934 Los Angeles, CA

More new letterboxes

1. Columbus Park Tucson, AZ
2. Clyde's Moon Song Quartzsite, AZ
3. HanaPepe Waimea, HI
4. All Points - Waimea - formally roll the dice Waimea, HI
5. Trash to Treasure: A Hidden Letterbox Coronado, CA
6. Bluebird Letterbox San Diego, CA
7. Viewpoint Brewing Del Mar, CA
8. Station Craft Brewery Dana Point, CA
9. Brandy B(r)ook Nook Scituate, RI
10. Read - Adventures Await! Scituate, RI
11. Lukas Mariman Clayville, RI
12. Kauai Beer Wailua, HI

When searching by location, you can use GPS coordinates if you use the latitude and longitude numbers as degrees (not degrees and minutes). For example: 42.6822, -71.1393 or 42 6822 -71 1393