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About Letterboxing

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.

Letterboxer stamping into their logbook

What’s New?

Most Recently Found

  1. Are You Going for Fish? Mattawan or Kalamazoo, MI
  2. Jason: Horror Classics Series 5 of 6 Northfield, VT
  3. Freddy: Horror Classics Series 4 of 6 Northfield, VT
  4. Postage Due East Hampton, CT (4/5)
  5. White Elephant East Hampton, CT
  6. The Wise Owl East Hampton, CT
  7. This and That East Hampton, CT (2/2)
  8. Elana Chivani - IV The Emporer ???, CA (1/4)
  9. Toronto Maple Leafs Tolland, CT
  10. Mystical Legends Mansfield Center, CT
  11. Chico y Frió Hermano Mansfield, CT
  12. Real Men have Curves Lake Geneva, WI

Tip of the Day

Once you’ve found a letterbox, please make sure to seal it back up so that it‘s watertight, then re-hide it so that it is completely hidden from view. I try to sprinkle a few leaves over the hiding spot to make it looks as natural as possible.

Image of the Day

Image of the Day
We Live and Breathe Letterboxing XV, Beaver Pond, August 2013 - photo by The Merry Pranksters