Where are hiker boxes?

imported
#1

Where are hiker boxes located? How could one find a hiker box if one was hoping to leave a little gift?

Justhikes

#2

I carry one in my car and stop whenever I see hikers along the Blue Ridge. The look on their faces when I stop and offer up the goodies in the box is priceless!
-Trail Angel Pam

Pam Bennett

#3

Most box’s are at Hostels or friendly hiker busineses such as motels, b&b’s and outfitters. The box’s thin out the further north you go and are almost existent in new england

A-Train

#4

If it’s a little gift for a specific hiker, you’d be better off finding out a mail drop address to send it to.

From what I have gathered, a little gift for any hiker doesn’t need a box – leave it on the Trail and trust your Higher Power that the person who needs it will get it.

Wild Hare

#5

Most hiker boxes would have starved many a potential thruhiker this year, so I herald the idea you are suggesting. Leaving stuff on trail is ok if you go back to get the trash.

A friend of mine left Trail Magic for folks near Standing Bear Farm. Many folks told me they got my trail magic. The best part of the story is, a thruhiker packed the empty Coca Cola’s up to Standing Bear Farm. I considered that amazing since I had seen 1000’s of trash sites along the AT, including shelters that were basically covered up in trash left by “who knows who”.

My suggestion would be to find the trail and head out on a saturday or sunday when you have time off from work and tote your trail magic up the trail to unsuspecting NOBO’s. If you go SOBO you will bump into possibly 3 or 4 or maybe 15 hikers. Distribute what you have as you meet them and offer to pack out their trash. They will love you for it.

I would also caution, thruhikers are on a schedule and might tell a story or two, taking just a small break and hike away with thanks. But be sure, they are gonna probably want to put in 12-20 miles on any given day you meet them. So, have fun, chat a minute and enjoy the time you got to shoot the breeze with the gang.

Definately, Trail Angels and thruhikers are a breed of their own.

Burn