--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick" wrote:
>
> I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
> greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
> Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
> letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
> letterboxes hidden in such a small space?
>
> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing
Capital.
> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
>
> Adam Emrick
> Interim Executive Director
> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>

I believe Mansfield, Connecticut is considered the "Letterboxing
Capitol of the U.S.". I think some of their town brochures even make
this claim. Perhaps someone from that area can confirm and see if
they still retain that title.

Wisconsin Hiker

Hmmm, I kind of doubt a city in GA has the most....

Just for a quick example,
Massachusetts has 626 listed on AQ
GA has 557 (close but not more!)

AH.. .New York has 943 listed...

That's as far as I am going to search...

you can search in greater detail if you want to figure out the CITY with the
most...

RIFamily
BTW... we LOVE Stone Mountain! Can't wait to return!

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From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of aemrick
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:37 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Letterboxing Capital of the US?


I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
letterboxes hidden in such a small space?

I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.




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I think you'd get a few arguements if you made such a claim. I have no
idea how many boxes you have hidden in the park but the state of
Connecticut is the one spot usually recognized as having the most
boxes. The city of Portland, Oregon has hundreds,too. I'm so glad
you're pleased to host letterboxes in your park. Some curmudgeonly
park officials are not nearly as accommodating. Many thanks, Funhog

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick" wrote:

> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
>
> Adam Emrick
> Interim Executive Director
> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>

Sorry to squash your dreams. My totally unqualified guess is that your city (or mine for that matter) are no where close to the top of the list. I would assume the state with the most is Connecticut or somewhere in the New England area.

Bali

aemrick wrote:
I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
letterboxes hidden in such a small space?

I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.






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Plugging Stone Mountain and Mansfield in at letterboxing.org I get

Mansfield 118
Stone Mountain 41

CT as a whole 2072
GA as a whole 532

Obviously, that's probably not a complete listing for either area,
but it's possibly a decent starting gauge as to ranking.

pezpam

PS Portland, OR gets 124. Portland: The New Mansfield? :-)


On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:38 AM, funhog1 wrote:

> I think you'd get a few arguements if you made such a claim. I have no
> idea how many boxes you have hidden in the park but the state of
> Connecticut is the one spot usually recognized as having the most
> boxes. The city of Portland, Oregon has hundreds,too. I'm so glad
> you're pleased to host letterboxes in your park. Some curmudgeonly
> park officials are not nearly as accommodating. Many thanks, Funhog
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick" wrote:
>
>> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
>> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
>> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
>>
>> Adam Emrick
>> Interim Executive Director
>> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>>

I do believe my wonderous state of Connecticut is IT!!! WooooooooHoooooooooo!!!!!
MayEve

MayEve

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Thank you all for your input. For the record, I do not represent
Stone Mountain Park in any way. I am the director of a non-profit in
the Village of Stone Mountain which shares its name with the Park for
obvious reasons. Perhaps we can be the Letterboxing Capital of the
South.

For anyone interested in visiting the Park or the Village that would
like a historic tour of my city, email me privately and I can arrange
that. Again, thank you all for your input.

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Pamela Smith wrote:
>
> Plugging Stone Mountain and Mansfield in at letterboxing.org I get
>
> Mansfield 118
> Stone Mountain 41
>
> CT as a whole 2072
> GA as a whole 532
>
> Obviously, that's probably not a complete listing for either area,
> but it's possibly a decent starting gauge as to ranking.
>
> pezpam
>
> PS Portland, OR gets 124. Portland: The New Mansfield? :-)
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:38 AM, funhog1 wrote:
>
> > I think you'd get a few arguements if you made such a claim. I
have no
> > idea how many boxes you have hidden in the park but the state of
> > Connecticut is the one spot usually recognized as having the most
> > boxes. The city of Portland, Oregon has hundreds,too. I'm so glad
> > you're pleased to host letterboxes in your park. Some curmudgeonly
> > park officials are not nearly as accommodating. Many thanks,
Funhog
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick" wrote:
> >
> >> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain
Village,
> >> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing
Capital.
> >> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
> >>
> >> Adam Emrick
> >> Interim Executive Director
> >> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
> >>
>

If it can't be of the US, how about Letterboxing Capital of the South?

Put a postiive spin on this y'all and give Adam something to work with here!

MoWizLiz
who still grieves for the delightful toll taker lady of two summers ago

-------Original Message-------

From: aemrick
Date: 12/04/06 11:20:15
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Letterboxing Capital of the US?

I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
letterboxes hidden in such a small space?

I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.





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Obviously Stone Mountain cannot compete with a state (Connecticut) or
with the entire metro Houston area, but we do have a whole lot of
letterboxes in a very small geographic area, so maybe I just need to
be creative with my marketing. Also, I plan to place a bunch in the
Village to add to the count. I'll message the board sometime early
next year once I get my ducks in a row. And thanks again for all of
the positive assistance.

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.



--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Liz" wrote:
>
> If it can't be of the US, how about Letterboxing Capital of the
South?
>
> Put a postiive spin on this y'all and give Adam something to work
with here!
>
> MoWizLiz
> who still grieves for the delightful toll taker lady of two summers
ago
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: aemrick
> Date: 12/04/06 11:20:15
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] Letterboxing Capital of the US?
>
> I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
> greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
> Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
> letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
> letterboxes hidden in such a small space?
>
> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing
Capital.
> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
>
> Adam Emrick
> Interim Executive Director
> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Yeah, I suppose it does feel negative when we're all going Nuh-
Uh..... lol. I didn't mean it to be a negative thing. It's possible
to promote the area as a good one for letterboxing without some sort
of title. My guess is that most letterboxers would head to an area
because they found boxes listed that they were interested in and it'd
be the rare person who headed there because it had been given some
sort of 'title'......

Of course, if you promote it in a general way, you put yourself right
in the middle of the debate on that whole issue and risk exposing the
boxes to muggles.

pezpam "Will get to Stone Mountain someday......"


On Dec 4, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Liz wrote:

> If it can't be of the US, how about Letterboxing Capital of the South?
>
> Put a postiive spin on this y'all and give Adam something to work
> with here!
>
> MoWizLiz
> who still grieves for the delightful toll taker lady of two summers
> ago
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: aemrick
> Date: 12/04/06 11:20:15
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] Letterboxing Capital of the US?
>
> I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
> greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
> Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
> letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
> letterboxes hidden in such a small space?
>
> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
>
> Adam Emrick
> Interim Executive Director
> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>

CT is considered to be so boxious that we call certain parts of PA "the
CT of PA". A simple example is Tyler State Park, with a mere 30 or
so. We call it Tylerticut.

LB

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, MayEve wrote:
>
>
> I do believe my wonderous state of Connecticut is IT!!!
WooooooooHoooooooooo!!!!!
> MayEve
>
> MayEve
>
>

I understand they use letterboxes as paving stones over in Connecticut. 1978 was the last time I walked up the end of Stone Mountain, back when a classmate was a Zoo keeper in the reptile house at the Atlanta Zoo and Willie B. was the star attraction.

-----Original Message-----
From: aemrick@yahoo.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 8:36 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Letterboxing Capital of the US?

I am fairly new to letterboxing, but both myself and my family have
greatly enjoyed the scores of lbs hidden in our backyard, Stone
Mountain Park, Georgia. This has lead to my question, is there a
letterboxing capital of the US? Which one area has the most
letterboxes hidden in such a small space?

I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain Village,
Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing Capital.
Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?

Adam Emrick
Interim Executive Director
Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.


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For what this is worth, the difference between Mansfield CT and Stone
Mountain GA is that in Stone Mountain, that doesn't mean boxes within
the town limits, that mean within Stone Mountain Park only. So that
is within ~3200 acres, not the town and all its surrounding area.
According to the Mansfield website, their town is 45.1 square miles
and 28,000+ acres. So for an apples to apples comparison, Stone
Mountain (Park) very well may be the Letterboxing Capital based on
boxes per acre...

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick" wrote:
>
> Thank you all for your input. For the record, I do not represent
> Stone Mountain Park in any way. I am the director of a non-profit
in
> the Village of Stone Mountain which shares its name with the Park
for
> obvious reasons. Perhaps we can be the Letterboxing Capital of the
> South.
>
> For anyone interested in visiting the Park or the Village that
would
> like a historic tour of my city, email me privately and I can
arrange
> that. Again, thank you all for your input.
>
> Adam Emrick
> Interim Executive Director
> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Pamela Smith wrote:
> >
> > Plugging Stone Mountain and Mansfield in at letterboxing.org I get
> >
> > Mansfield 118
> > Stone Mountain 41
> >
> > CT as a whole 2072
> > GA as a whole 532
> >
> > Obviously, that's probably not a complete listing for either
area,
> > but it's possibly a decent starting gauge as to ranking.
> >
> > pezpam
> >
> > PS Portland, OR gets 124. Portland: The New Mansfield? :-)
> >
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:38 AM, funhog1 wrote:
> >
> > > I think you'd get a few arguements if you made such a claim. I
> have no
> > > idea how many boxes you have hidden in the park but the state of
> > > Connecticut is the one spot usually recognized as having the
most
> > > boxes. The city of Portland, Oregon has hundreds,too. I'm so
glad
> > > you're pleased to host letterboxes in your park. Some
curmudgeonly
> > > park officials are not nearly as accommodating. Many thanks,
> Funhog
> > >
> > > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "aemrick"
wrote:
> > >
> > >> I am the director of a non-profit agency in Stone Mountain
> Village,
> > >> Georgia and I would love to tout my area as the Letterboxing
> Capital.
> > >> Can anyone confirm or deny my hopeful claim?
> > >>
> > >> Adam Emrick
> > >> Interim Executive Director
> > >> Main Street Stone Mountain, Inc.
> > >>
> >
>

What about these apples? A quick count puts over sixty letterboxes in
Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. Granted, this park is larger, at 5000
acres and some of the boxes may be retired but there are plenty of
goodies still kickin' here. Funhog

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "_the_eidolon_"
wrote:
>
> For what this is worth, the difference between Mansfield CT and Stone
> Mountain GA is that in Stone Mountain, that doesn't mean boxes within
> the town limits, that mean within Stone Mountain Park only. So that
> is within ~3200 acres, not the town and all its surrounding area.
> According to the Mansfield website, their town is 45.1 square miles
> and 28,000+ acres. So for an apples to apples comparison, Stone
> Mountain (Park) very well may be the Letterboxing Capital based on
> boxes per acre...

Those are definately better apples. :>

And just to still try to give Stone Mountain some love one last time,
combining listing on LBNA and AQ, there are 85+ active boxes listed
including series. None of these are retired and only a couple are
missing but not listed as such.

Anyway, I am simply trying to make a point about making any
comparisons; it all depends on the size of the area you are looking
at...

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "funhog1" wrote:
>
> What about these apples? A quick count puts over sixty letterboxes
in
> Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. Granted, this park is larger, at
5000
> acres and some of the boxes may be retired but there are plenty of
> goodies still kickin' here. Funhog
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "_the_eidolon_"
> wrote:
> >
> > For what this is worth, the difference between Mansfield CT and
Stone
> > Mountain GA is that in Stone Mountain, that doesn't mean boxes
within
> > the town limits, that mean within Stone Mountain Park only. So
that
> > is within ~3200 acres, not the town and all its surrounding area.
> > According to the Mansfield website, their town is 45.1 square
miles
> > and 28,000+ acres. So for an apples to apples comparison, Stone
> > Mountain (Park) very well may be the Letterboxing Capital based
on
> > boxes per acre...
>

You realize that you can't combine the listings on LBNA and AQ without cross
referencing them first... which perhaps you did?

Many boxes are posted on both locations.

RIFamily

regarding
And just to still try to give Stone Mountain some love one last time,
combining listing on LBNA and AQ, there are 85+ active boxes listed
including series. None of these are retired and only a couple are
missing but not listed as such.


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Yes, I do realize that they cannot be combined so the numbers are
accurate.

AQ Advanced Search, Stone Mountain GA, 1 mile, active only and
counted. 61 listings, 89 boxes (though I know a few are not there)
plus add in the handful of boxes that are only on LBNA which I did
not even include in the and just summarized at 85+.

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "RIFamily" wrote:
>
> You realize that you can't combine the listings on LBNA and AQ
without cross
> referencing them first... which perhaps you did?
>
> Many boxes are posted on both locations.
>
> RIFamily
>
> regarding
> And just to still try to give Stone Mountain some love one last
time,
> combining listing on LBNA and AQ, there are 85+ active boxes listed
> including series. None of these are retired and only a couple are
> missing but not listed as such.
>
>
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>

I've used both in my searches and so far all that I've looked for
have been there. Again, I appreciate all of the comments and my
original posting was regarding a comparison of like geographical
areas. As I said in a later email comparing this small area to a
state or metro-urban city would not be an accurate comparison.

Rather than use any sort of grandiose language about us, I think I
will just encourage all of you in your travels not to miss the
Village of Stone Mountain or the Park. Both offer many opportunities
and the Village will be sprouting some new boxes soon.


Thank you again,

Adam Emrick







--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "_the_eidolon_"
wrote:
>
> Yes, I do realize that they cannot be combined so the numbers are
> accurate.
>
> AQ Advanced Search, Stone Mountain GA, 1 mile, active only and
> counted. 61 listings, 89 boxes (though I know a few are not there)
> plus add in the handful of boxes that are only on LBNA which I did
> not even include in the and just summarized at 85+.
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "RIFamily" wrote:
> >
> > You realize that you can't combine the listings on LBNA and AQ
> without cross
> > referencing them first... which perhaps you did?
> >
> > Many boxes are posted on both locations.
> >
> > RIFamily
> >
> > regarding
> > And just to still try to give Stone Mountain some love one last
> time,
> > combining listing on LBNA and AQ, there are 85+ active boxes
listed
> > including series. None of these are retired and only a couple are
> > missing but not listed as such.
> >
> >
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> >
>

> you can search in greater detail if you want to figure out the CITY
> with the most...

I'll take on the challenge. =)

On Atlas Quest, at least, Houston ranks as the city with the most
letterboxes listed at 130 active letterboxes. Portland (OR) comes in
#2 with 113 active boxes. Stone Mountain checks in third with 89
active boxes. The rest of the top ten include: Rochester, NY;
Glastonbury, CT; Kingston, ON; Columbia, MO; Syracuse, NY; Avon, CT;
and Charlotte, NC.

Of course, those are just boxes listed on AQ.

-- Ryan

I think if you add in all the Houston boxes I have not posted to AQ,
you will find Houston has many more. Plus is you add in the Houston
Metro area (as many of us use the smaller township names just to
make it easier for people to find locations) you will find that
number will probably double. From 10 boxes in the whole state 5
years ago, I believe Houston and Texas have come a long way. Come
visit us!!!!

Baby Bear
from Cypress, Texas

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen"
wrote:
>
> > you can search in greater detail if you want to figure out the
CITY
> > with the most...
>
> I'll take on the challenge. =)
>
> On Atlas Quest, at least, Houston ranks as the city with the most
> letterboxes listed at 130 active letterboxes. Portland (OR) comes
in
> #2 with 113 active boxes. Stone Mountain checks in third with 89
> active boxes. The rest of the top ten include: Rochester, NY;
> Glastonbury, CT; Kingston, ON; Columbia, MO; Syracuse, NY; Avon,
CT;
> and Charlotte, NC.
>
> Of course, those are just boxes listed on AQ.
>
> -- Ryan
>