How Do You Find Letterboxing Trails For Children?
Letterboxing is an outdoor activity that involves hiking, treasure hunting, and rubber stamping. It is a great way to enjoy the outdoors together as a family. Kids run around searching for clues, cheering when they find small, weatherproof boxes and recording their discoveries for posterity. And everyone gets exercise (shhh…don’t tell them)! With a little preparation, you can make letterboxing a fun and enjoyable experience for you and your children. Decide what geographical area you want to letterbox in and research it. There are letterboxes almost everywhere in the world, so you should have little trouble finding locations anywhere you travel. Search for letterboxing trails at websites like atlasquest.com (see Additional Resources). Some letterboxing websites allow you to search specifically for kid-friendly trails. Letterboxes are listed by the box’s name, not trail. There are often many letterboxes on one trail. When searching on a letterbox website, cross-reference the trail nam