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Letterboxing is a outdoor recreational activity which combines collecting, puzzle-solving, and treasure hunting. Briefly, letterboxing enthusiasts hide and hunt weatherproof containers in remote or scenic places. Each container holds a guestbook, a rubber stamp and stamp pad. The planter of the letterbox distributes clues to its location; solution of these clues may require a combination of skills such as mapreading, orienteering, and puzzle-solving. Letterboxers carry their own stamp book and personal stamp when hunting for hidden boxes. Upon finding a letterbox, they will impress their own book using the found stamp, and leave their own stamping or personalization in the letterbox guestbook. Letterboxing has its roots in Dartmoor, England, in 1854.

Resources in This Category

• Aisling Dart

  http://www.aisling.net/lb/lb-index.htm
  Artist from Salem, Massachusetts describes her boxes.

• Atlas Quest Letterboxing

  http://www.atlasquest.com/
  Community with forums, searchable clues, trip planner, recording of finds, event listings, trackers, tutorials, photo galleries, and chat room.

• Chowder's Southern California Letterboxes

  http://home.earthlink.net/~letterboxes
  Search for boxes in Long Beach, San Bernardino and Lake Arrowhead, California.

• Chuck's Letterboxing

  http://www.chuckstraub.com/Letterboxing/connecticut_letterboxes.htm
  Chuck and Molly's letterboxes in Connecticut.

• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: Letterboxing

  http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2697&q=322826&depNav_GID=1631
  Official site supports letterboxing in publicly owned state forests. Includes clues and a map of letterbox sites in state forests.

• Dartmoor Letterboxes Club

  http://letterboxingondartmoor.co.uk/
  Includes information and a map, also with catalogue of letterboxes.

• Dartmoor Letterboxing

  http://www.dartmoorletterboxing.org/
  Includes a forum, image gallery, map of the area, contact details, and the history of the activity.

• Dartmoor National Park: Letterboxing

  http://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/visiting/vi-enjoyingdartmoor/vi-letterboxing
  1854 origins and how to get started, related links with contacts in Devon, UK.

• Der Mad Stamper

  http://www.mitchklink.com/letterboxing/
  Rubber stamp carver Mitch offers instructions on how to carve a stamp and clues to the many boxes he's planted in the US.

• First Finds

  http://firstfinds.blogspot.com/
  Posts first finds submitted by new US letterboxers, organized by state.

• Fleur de Lis' Letterboxing Journal

  http://fleurdelislb.blogspot.com/
  Weblog about his letterboxing hobby.

• Fox News: Letterboxing Makes Hiking an Adventure

  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,55367,00.html
  Feature story datelined Oakland, New Jersey.

• Have Feet Will Travel

  http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~have.feet/boxing/boxing.html
  Introduction, contact details, and guidelines for letterboxing in the Dartmoor area.

• History of Dartmoor Letterboxing

  http://dartmoorhistory.blogspot.com/
  Account first published as "More Dartmoor Letterboxes" by Anne Swinscow in 1986.

• I-95 Letterboxes

  http://i95boxing.blogspot.com/
  Clues to quick and easy letterboxes to find while traveling on Route I-95, from Maine to Florida.

• Kansas Letterboxes

  http://www.angelfire.com/oz/kansas_letterboxes/
  Clues for letterboxes located in Kansas.

• Letterbox Stamper

  http://www.letterboxstamper.co.uk/
  Guide to compass use on Dartmoor, local photo gallery, design and carving rubber stamps, with examples and terms for sale by Paul Hopkinson, Devon, UK.

• Letterboxers Anonymous

  http://www.leecomputers.com/letterboxing/
  Forum with clues and discussion topics. Includes helpful hints on methods and supplies.

• Letterboxing Minnesota

  http://www.littlekeylime.com/letterboxingmn.html
  Includes letterboxing basics and clues for Minnesota letterboxes.

• Letterboxing North America

  http://www.letterboxing.org/
  US-based portal offering FAQ, links, forums, and a members-only section where clues can be submitted.

• Letterboxing North America WebRing

  http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=letterboxingnort
  Links to dozens of forums and clue sites.

• Mark and Sue Pepe

  http://markandsuepepe.blogspot.com/
  Couple from Kensington, Connecticut describe activities in eleven states and the island of Aruba.

• NeeDeep's State Stamp Letterboxes

  http://statestamp.blogspot.com/
  Ambitious family project placing letterboxes in each state, patterned after the US quarters series.

• New England Area Letterboxing Gatherings

  http://gatherings.blogspot.com/
  Mark and Sue's weblog of letterboxing events in New England.

• New Times: Carved in Rubber

  http://www.newtimesslo.com/art/2774/carved-in-rubber/
  Introductory article by Ashley Schwellenbach featuring a letterboxer and the founder of Atlas Quest.

• New Zealand Letterboxing

  http://www.psychokiwi.org/letterboxing/nzboxing.htm
  Clues, views, and news including boxes from Team Psychokiwi, Judi, Linton, and the Bunny.

• NPR : Letterboxing

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1832303
  Radio host Linda Wertheimer and Thomas Johnston, an enthusiast in Washington, D.C., find a letterbox near the White House. [audio]

• Rhode Island's Bored Nocturnal Adventurer's Guild

  http://users.tmok.com/~ribnag/index.shtml
  Informal group and clues to the boxes they've planted.

• The Gazette: Letterboxing a Hobby of Inky Fingers and Hidden Treasures

  http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/2003/200328/damascus/news/167006-1.html
  Article on local letterboxing from chain of community newspapers near Washington, DC.

• The Mapsurfer Treasureboxes

  http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/
  Challenging letterbox clues by Randy Hall, the author of The Letterboxing Companion.

• Wanda and Pete's Letterboxes

  http://alum.wpi.edu/~p_miner/Letterboxes.html
  Clues for boxes placed primarily in Rhode Island, but a few in other states as well. Also includes logs of the movement of hitchhiker boxes, primarily in New England.

• We Live and Breathe Letterboxing

  http://www.weliveandbreathe.com/
  Accounts, photographs, and memorabilia of the 2008 event as well as an online recreation of the letterboxing museum.

• Yahoo! Groups: Letterboxing Northeast

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LbNE/
  Discussion group for the northeastern US.

• Yahoo! Groups: Letterboxing USA

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/
  Discussion group for US letterboxers.

• Yahoo! Groups: New Letterboxers Group

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newboxers/
  Discussion forum and articles for those new to letterboxing.

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