What is Letterboxing?
Letterboxing is an intriguing pastime combining artistic ability with "treasure-hunts" in parks, forests, and cities around the world. Participants seek out hidden letterboxes by cracking codes and following clues. The prize: an image from a miniature piece of art known as a rubber stamp—usually a unique, hand-carved creation.
Letterboxers stamp their discoveries in a personal journal, then use their own rubber stamp, called a signature stamp, by stamping it into the logbook found with the letterbox, perhaps writing a note about the weather or their adventures in finding the letterbox.
Atlas Quest started as a set of tools for letterboxers, but has grown into a community of letterboxers. Pull up a chair, meet new friends, and dig into letterboxing.
Newest Updates!
The Great Shoe Auction has ended, with my historic West Coast Trail hiking shoes selling for $27.05! Which, ironically, is a bit more than I actually paid for them when they were new. But it's for a good cause, so all's well. Thanks to everyone who bidded!
Read all about the newest box 'type' availabe—reserved! You can't list boxes before their plant date, but you can reserve a space for the listing by listing a 'reserved' box. You can work on the clues, practice listing boxes, or whatever the case may be, and when the box is planted and ready to make live—you convert into the type it really is. Reserved Help
New privacy options are available in your preferences. Now you can keep any page of your online logbook private, as well as hide the finds and attempts on individual boxes you own.
Customize your menubars! Have you ever wanted links for your favorite searches on the menubars? Perhaps links to LbNA? Or links to Facebook or Yahoo. Whatever links you want, you can now customize the AQ menubar to suit your needs!
For a more complete list of tweaks and updates, check out What's New on AQ?
What's Happening?
The deck of cards: Hearts Greenville, SC (US)
Kelle's Box Bend, OR (US)
Mivas 1 Oakville, ON (CA)
A Tribute to the United States Coast Guard Charleston, OR (US)
Were all mad here Seattle, WA (US)
Winter Olympics Tukwilla, WA (US)
Animal of The Month:February-Fennec Fox Johnson City, NY (US)
272 Toys Stevens, PA (US)
Happy Valentine's Day Endicott, NY (US)
Mini Meet with Mark & Sue Saint Augustine, FL
Kansas Second Saturday Letterboxers Prairie Village, KS
February Finds, Friends, Food and Fun 2010 Berlin, CT
Second Saturday Seekers February 2010 Mountain Rest, SC
Loveland Valentines Event Loveland, CO
NC Treasure Hikers 100 Mile Pathtag Raffle Mystery, ??
Meet & Greet Mama Cache Tacoma, WA
Hawaiian Cruise 2010 Los Angeles, CA
Beat the Blues Mini Event Johnstown, NY
All Around the Mulberry Tree... by lisascenic
"Do you like our owl?" by lisascenic
"Damn! You have good Kung Fu!" by lisascenic
Urban Gardening by lisascenic
Flyway Festival by lisascenic
Hugs and Notes by Green Tortuga
Fruit for the Bay Area? by lisascenic
Four Years by lisascenic
A Taylor-Made Hive by lisascenic
HOLD ALL PLBS
If you need a good laugh...
Finally!
can you.............?
Alphabet Animals - 11 spots left
Opinions please...
Need a new read aloud!!!!
Girl Scout Bridging - HELP!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
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