Letterboxing

Letterboxing is basically hide and go seek for grown-ups. Stamps and a logbook are hidden at different sites; the seeker must follow instructions (sometimes very basic, sometimes mysterious, sometimes downright impossible) to find the box. Once the box is found, you record your success by stamping into the logbook with your own personal stamp. The letterbox should also have a stamp of its own, which you stamp in your personal logbook. The boxes are generally hidden off the beaten path to limit chance encounters and avoid vandalism. We've found letterboxes that are practically under your nose, and letterboxes that we had to climb up mountains to get to.

The Letterboxing North America website is the place to go for more detailed info and letterbox listings.

We have placed four letterboxes in Cockaponset State Forest along two separate loops (these walks can be done together or individually). The north loop is called "Black Turkeys" and the south loop is named "Pattaconk Reservoir Walk."

Please let us know if you cannot find the boxes, so that we can repair or replace them.

I've scanned a copy of the Cockaponset map that the DEP has produced. The image quality of this scan leaves much to be desired, but it's useable.