Not the point i'm making Wassa. It was an attempt at resolving with no ill will. Should know better than to attempt resolution on the message board. Suggestion is for local boxer and planter to discuss with an amicable resolution. Apparently wiser privately at this point. I personally welcome plants to our scenic state. But would suggest avoiding the NPS in these parts.

It took a little digging, but here is the New River Gorge's guidelines for geocaches. I would assume that they would like letterboxes to be handled in the same way.

https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/permit-guidelines-for-gps-based-activities.htm

I hope this helps.

dp

Thank you, dancing pecan. We had followed a link on the site for GPS based activities but it was a dead link that led to a 404 error page. Good detective work!

We will contact the park superintendent and notify him or her that we placed a box there without knowledge of this rule and determine with the superintendent how to proceed.

Thanks again!

You're quite welcome. I'm glad I was able to help. :)

dp

What was the Disney decree? (Just curious)

Oh, I was lucky to read the Burgemeister poem just in time for it to be deleted. Very funny with the link--but it-just-disappeared. I'd love a copy AQ'd to me if possible, can't remember who wrote it.

What was the Disney decree? (Just curious)

I'm guessing this is the Disney Decree

Just to be clear, I have no intention of outing the boxes or pulling them. Live and let live. I was mostly curious about the feelings of people in the area about the subject.

I've tried several times to get the Super of the park to allow LB's and geocaches in the park but to no avail. Mostly due to their staff and not their personal feelings. One was quite receptive to the idea. They control a large portion of the county and practically all the trails so the temptation for me to plant in the park is real.

If you expressed an opinion here, thank you! The discussion has been lively and spirited for sure! If you planted in the park for any reason, it wasn't about you it was a general question. Don't worry, your boxes are safe from me.

Interesting Thread...

I plant when I want, Where I want, and when I want to.

Carry on,
Mtn Girl

Merry Christmas to all you boxing Mountaineers!

May you find all your boxes and your ink pad never go dry!

Definitely a great thought. Hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2019. And of course: "It is a great day to be a Mountaineer wherever you may be!"

If traveling through the Charleston, WV area check out the Box of the Month 2019 series. This will be one location that will have a new stamp planted each month. The first one is my carving of the new Doctor Who. Eleven others from various carvers will also be available. Check out the following tracker in case you will be going through. Also feel free to contact me for an exchange. It is located just west of Charleston along I-64.

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=300992

Happy New Year and letterboxing,

IrishRef

HI friends!
We are planning a tip out to Harpers Ferry (among other places) and are wanting to know of great places to stay: hotels, cabins, airbnb, etc. We are on a budget. But, we are hoping to maybe have a kitchen??

Also any can't miss boxes because I am thinking all our time will be taken up by the Park. I think we are going to try to make time to visit the shops downtown.

Thanks!!

There is a nice KOA next to the park entrance/main parking lot.

I was looking at that one, and it seemed a bit pricey.
Have you stayed there?

I visited there several times and enjoyed staying at the Youth Hostel. You have kitchen privilege and choice of inside bunks or tenting if you are geared for outdoor camping. Bonus is meeting interesting people.

Calling all West Virginia boxers! Come enjoy an event in a scenic part of Virginia that you've probably never boxed in before. It will be an overnight camping event, since the event location is in the abject middle of nowhere. The park has camping and cabins.

http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/fairy-stone#general_information

The event is the weekend of May 19th.

Don't miss your chance for a tie dye sue stamp. available for two weeks in cross lanes WV.

Hi. I am thinking of taking a trip to Fayetteville, WV, and was going to map out a route when I noticed that most of the listings have no location other than Fayetteville. Per chance has anybody mapped a route for this area? I am not looking for anyone to tell me where the boxes are located; I am simply trying to find the most efficient route for searching in the area. Thank you.

Decide which boxes you want to do and then simply map the locations of each box, addresses, intersections, parks, etc.

The map is going to be determined by which boxes you personally want to do.

I would suggest contacting WVElliotts privately via AQmail. He lives in the area and planted many of the boxes

Mapping a logical route is still going to be determined by what boxes a person wants to look for.

Thank you kindly for your advice. The challenge is that there are not locations listed on many of the clues. There is only the town. When I get to town, follow this road or that will probably make sense. Since it is not local, though, I was hoping to map out a route in advance. In reality, that may or may not happen. 🙂

Thank you, IrishRef. I did contact him. 👍

I see why you're asking - most of the clues are puzzles to solve, or abbreviated business names to get the addresses so you can map them out. He might as well put in the addresses if he's willing to give them out.

I have found that some areas take hours & hours of research. My pet peeve is cemetery clues that don't give an address. Some cemeteries don't come up in a search, have duplicate names, or are a small part of a bigger cemetery.

Which is why I said that you have to determine the specific location of each box and then map them out, which can be done prior to getting there. Much of my boxing is done in places I have never been to, and very often it is just a town given. I read the clues, determine where I have to get to and map it out before leaving home, load the GPS with the locations and simply go from box to box when I get there.

That is the point I was trying to make. Do the research at home, whether it is obvious locations or places that take a lot of work beforehand such as it being only a town listed. It can be time consuming but totally worth it.

Cemetery boxes are a favorite of mine. I have actually been astonished at how many obscure cemeteries will come up if typed into google maps. Not all obviously but quite a few. ‘Findagrave’ is great though I haven’t been happy with the so called upgrade that was done.

Google street view is a handy dandy little tool for these kinds of locations also. Not just cemeteries. Sometimes I’ll click down a road to see what I can expect to see when I get there. I’ll read through the whole clue to find out where I have to get to.

You’re right that this stuff can take hours sometimes but it is so worth it.

Thank you again. Yes, I get that now. Truth be told, I do not think that I have ever been to an area where almost every single box was a riddle. I guess it threw me. Well, no matter how it goes, fun adventures will be had. Haha. Thank you again, and happy weekend!

For cemeteries, Find a grave https://www.findagrave.com/ can be very helpful.

It had GPS coordinates many times

Thank you everyone for sharing!! I love the exchanges of ideas - especially the friendly ones. I learn new things all the time.

I also use findagrave alot, also billiongraves.

I love cemetery boxes and indoor boxes, spend hours planning my letterboxing routes (I average 200 miles a day on a letterboxing trip) enjoy the riddles, and especially use google maps for crossroads or addresses nearby. It's all the fun of letterboxing.

I love events the most so I can meet the boxers whose boxes I have found and exchanged AQ mail with.