Flanders Nature Center located in Woodbury, Connecticut has planted several letterboxes on the family-friendly trails at their preserves and sanctuaries. Combining art and nature in a fun interactive way, letterboxing is a popular treasure hunting activity done world-wide. At Flanders, the letterboxing clues include educational comments about the natural world.
Letterboxers follow a set of clues to find “boxes” that have been hidden along hiking trails. Those that plan to letterbox at Flanders will want the Flanders Passport. One letterbox on each trail will contain a letter. Anyone who hikes at least twelve of the letterboxing trails at Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust stamps the letters from those trails in their passport and presents their passport at the Flanders office will be asked to sign their Trail Name on our poster of Successful Flanders Letterboxers. They will receive a small prize.
You need to find a rubber stamp and will want to give yourself a “trail name.” This can be any nickname you choose such as “The Smith Clan” or might be inspired by the stamp you choose such as “Hiking Elephants.” You will also need a map, a set of clues, and a logbook to record your “finds.”
If you are new to letterboxing you might find the glossary at www.atlasquest.com helpful. Clues which include a checklist for each trail, trail maps, and passports can be downloaded from the Flanders website: www.flandersnaturecenter.org. Trail maps are available at kiosks at Flanders trailheads. Clue sheets can also be found at www.atlasquest.com and www.letterboxing.org if you search Woodbury or Middlebury, CT
About Flanders Nature Center
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust holds in trust more than 2,100 acres of open space in Woodbury, Bethlehem, Southbury, and Middlebury, Connecticut, including seven nature preserves and sanctuaries that include hiking trails.
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