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. Celebrating Mardi Gras! (4) Orange Beach, AL (4)
2. My Scientific Name- Dinosauria (5) Orange Beach, AL (5)
3. Jay Dee 1944 Alhambra, CA
4. Golden Gopher 1905 Los Angeles, CA
5. All in Good Fun Series Coldspring, TX
6. Aquatic Adventures Series Livingston, TX (12)
7. Three Tragedies Coldspring, TX
8. Aquatic Animation Series Livingston, TX (12)
9. Wildflyer Navasota, TX
10. Iron Bridge Icehouse Bastrop, TX
11. Libraries Rock!-visit Fairhope Library Fairhope, AL
12. Pterodocty in Barber Marina Elberta, AL

More new letterboxes

1. Good Grief! Glastonbury, CT (7/7)
2. Troop 610 Hebron, CT
3. THE OLD CROW AT JUDD BROOK /HEBRON AIRLINE TRAIL HEBRON, CT
4. Sunshine Daydream Glastonbury, CT (1/3)
5. Mama Bird south glastonbury, CT
6. Resting Places XVI: St. John's Cemetery Middletown Middletown, CT
7. Indian Hill Cemetery – Come See the Trees Middletown, CT (4/4)
8. Greek God/Goddess Series #6: Aphrodite Seymour, CT
9. Uconn Campus Trails; Dendrology 101 Storrs, CT
10. ANIMALS IN THE CEMETERY THE GAZELLE Derby, CT
11. Aquatic Adventures Series Livingston, TX (12/12)
12. Aquatic Animation Series Livingston, TX (12/12)

You should make sure to take ink pads or brush markers with you when you set out to find a letterbox. Most letterboxes do not contain an inkpad because if water leaks in, it’s a real mess!