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Letterboxing Resources Letterboxing North America This site gives you the background on this pastime and houses clues for all 50 states and seven different countries (so far). Source: Letterboxing North America Letterboxing This letterboxing site covers getting started, carving your stamp, articles about the pastime and locations of boxes, mostly in the Pennsylvania and New York area. Source: Douglas Gerlach Letterboxing They live and Breathe Letterboxing The Smithsonian wrote this article about letterboxing in the original Dartmoor area. Read a little on the history of this popular hobby. Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Make your own rubber stamp by carving a rubber eraser. This is a great way to leave you’re own special mark in the journals. Source: Der Mad Stamper How to do Rubber Carving This is a clearly created tutorial on carving a rubber stamp, complete with illustrative photographs. You’ll need some special tools to do these, but they should be available at your local crafts store or DIY center. Source: Fran Baker Letterboxing Clues Der Mad Stamper Letterboxes This guys been very busy placing letterboxes up in the Oregon Washington area, as well as a few stray ones in other parts of the country. Take a look at his list and see if you find one near you. Source: Der Mad Stamper Perfect Circle Letterboxing Guild This group has gotten organized and it shows. This page of clues is marked for difficulty and the clue pages are clear and easy to read. All of their letterboxes are in the New Jersey area. Source: Perfect Circle Letterboxing Guild Letterboxing with the Jolly G-Man Jolly G-Man has clues for boxes from Colorado to the East coast, including Virginia, New York, Georgia, Florida, and more. Source: Jolly G-Man Letterboxing Northeast These letterboxes are located in the Northwest, specifically Connecticut, Rhode Island, MAssachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington, D.C. and others. Source: The Drew Family MapSurfer Treasureboxes According to Mapsurfer, these are a little out of the ordinary and some are very difficult. Read his cautions at the bottom of the page if you plan to try to find these particular boxes. Source: Mapsurfer Ryan’s Letterboxing Website Letterboxes are listed for California, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, as well as Canada, Africa, and Central America. His site covers letterboxes and hitchhikers. Source: Ryan’s Letterboxing Letterboxing Nebraska There are currently 24 letterboxes listed at this site in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. This is a user generated site, so feel free to add your own letterbox locations. Source: Letterboxing Nebraska Urban Letterboxing If you’re headed to the UK or PAris, stop here first and get the directions to a letterbox in these regions. A fun way to see the country. Source: Urban Letterboxing UK Geocaching
From their searchable clues, geocaching looks as those it’s outstripping letterboxing in popularity. Either that or they just appear to be more organized. Use their clue sheets to get started. The international caches are especially fun for travelers. Advanced clues are sometimes encrypted, so brush up on your cryptology skills as well. Source: Geocaching Geocaching Worldwide Another well organized site, Geocaching Worldwide has two especially good features: Seek lets you do a cache search, and Sights 2 See lets you look for cool places to visit in the country of your choice. This site even has competitions at times. Source: Geocaching Worldwide Buxley’s Geocaching Waypoint This site features clickable maps of countries and states in the U.S. Their clue pages are easy to read read and sometimes contain photos and logs from geocachers. Once again, the advanced clues are encrypted. Source: Buxley’s Geocaching Waypoint Geocaching with Navicache Use this search for additional geocache resources. Search in the US or Internationally. Source: Geocaching with Navicache © Copyright 2004 by Classbrain.com |
