Skagit Watershed Letterbox Trail

Many local environmental and conservation groups and organizations have designed and hidden 16 “Letterboxes” all up and down the beautiful Skagit Watershed—from the North Cascades National Park in the east to Washington Park in the west! The boxes are plastic tubs with distinctive labels on top. Each box contains materials about its location. A box also contains a notebook and an ink-stamp and pad or unique stickers. A box might also have additional ideas for learning activities in the area.

A Letterbox is a hidden box filled with fun facts, stickers, stamps and secret words that will lead you on a hunt where you will discover the treasures of Skagit Watersheds. Follow the clues below to find the boxes our conservation partners have hidden throughout Skagit County. Letterboxing is a fun, exciting way for kids of all ages to explore the natural world and to learn about our beautiful community (great family activity). Partici-pants seek out hidden letterboxes by cracking codes and following clues. The prize: an image from a miniature piece of art known as a rubber stamp —usually a unique, hand-carved creation. Letterboxers stamp their discoveries in a per-sonal journal, then use their own rubber stamp to stamp into the letterbox’s log-book. All you need to get started is a journal (or small tablet), an inkpad and ink stamp, and a sense of adventure. Pick up your trail clues at a local library, at the Skagit Conservation District office, the Skagit