Read Thread: Traveling and Boxing
Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Jul 11, 2017 11:27am
Is there an easy way to find boxes that are close to where you are while traveling? I know I can type in the highways, but sometimes that really doesn't help us. Example, right now we are in a hotel in Jacksonville and I am trying to search boxes that are close to where we are and that are still active. But not being familiar with Jacksonville, I have spent over 30 minutes trying to find boxes, but no luck. Thank you for your input and help. Won't be able to answer back until the morning, so don't think I am ignoring you. Box on!
Re: Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948208 by Family From Florida
Jul 11, 2017 11:51am
Try the Box Radar app. It's pretty good.
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Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948215 by Fiddleheads
Jul 11, 2017 11:59am
Or try Clue Tracker on iOS. :-)
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Reply to: #948217 by MichKathy
Jul 11, 2017 12:04pm
Yes, to ClueTracker.
Re: Traveling and Boxing
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Reply to: #948208 by Family From Florida
Jul 11, 2017 12:06pm
You can also go to Simple Search in AtlasQuest, and in the Location-Based Search tab click "Here." (The "Home" and "Here" links are right above the location search box.)
Re: Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948208 by Family From Florida
Jul 11, 2017 1:05pm
Why doesn't a normal Jacksonville search work? By default, it hides the retired and unavailable boxes, and sorts them based on those closest to your location. You could even run the search from the address of your hotel to make it more specific.
Of course, there are likely boxes listed as active that have since gone missing. You can use an advanced search to include only boxes that have been found recently, or boxes that don't have a certain number of attempts on them and such to improve the odds of a box being there, but when it comes to finding boxes, there are no guarantees.
-- Ryan
Re: Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948217 by MichKathy
Jul 11, 2017 5:26pm
I miss clue tracker. I wish it would come over to android. I do not have luck with box radar. It's not as good. Clue tracker is the best one out there. In my opinion.
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Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948215 by Fiddleheads
Jul 12, 2017 7:01am
Thank you, I will install that on my phone this morning!
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Reply to: #948217 by MichKathy
Jul 12, 2017 7:01am
Thank you!
Re: Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948219 by Dawnkey
Jul 12, 2017 7:03am
WHAT?? That was awesome, just did it and boom! There are a couple close by! Woot woot.
Re: Traveling and Boxing
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #948223 by Green Tortuga
Jul 12, 2017 7:04am
Thanks Ryan for the info.