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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?

  1. Bird Business Burbank, CA
  2. And They Called Her... Burbank, CA
  3. Summertime Music Burbank, CA
  4. Christmas Cookies Burbank, CA
  5. Mama Bear Burbank, CA
  6. Busted Oak Cellars Ledbetter, TX
  7. Troop 1985 San Marcos, CA
  8. Elana Chivani - XVII The Star ???, CA (4)
  9. Cartoon Cat Series Cyress, TX (20)
  10. Things I Miss and Things I Don’t - 2026 Wauwatosa, WI (2)
  11. The Big Brother Letterbox San Miguel, CA
  12. Love Birds San Marcos, CA
More new letterboxes

Most Recently Found

  1. The Forest of the Elves St Louis, MO (2/2)
  2. Elana Chivani - XVII The Star ???, CA (1/4)
  3. America the Beautiful...North Carolina Union, CT
  4. Southeast School Day Series Mansfield, CT (6/10)
  5. The Long bus Ride Mansfield, CT (2/4)
  6. Putnam Memorial State Park Redding, CT (3/3)
  7. The River Keeper Cos Cob, CT
  8. Greek God/Goddess Series #11: Hestia Stamford, CT
  9. Honoring the Army of the Potomac Sutton, MA (7/7)
  10. Windansea La Jolla, CA
  11. Alesmith Brewing San Diego, CA
  12. Ninety-Four: Painted Tower Weldon Spring, MO

Tip of the Day

As the owner of a clue on LbNA, you might want to mark the clue as Retired or Missing when you pull your letterboxes from their location or receive credible news that they are gone. Use the Status button on the clue page to update the status. The clue will automatically be archived so that it doesn’t show up in normal searches. If you later replant the box, you can go back to the status page to make the clue "OK", which will activate the clue again.

Image of the Day

Image of the Day
Grateful Letteboxing Event, Andover MA, July 2012 - photo by Choi