Around Town Scavenger Hunt Ideas

Hidden Treasure Scavenger Hunt

• Help guests learn about the secret parts of your town by hosting an around town scavenger hunt that focuses on hidden locations. Provide each group with a digital camera and a list of small or hidden locations where they need to take a group picture. Combine easy and difficult tasks, with corresponding point values, to create a long list so that each group can devise a strategy about which pictures they should pursue.

  Instead of listing a big slide in the west section of a local park as a scavenger hunt location, use riddles and/or hints. For example, write, ̶0;A bright red slope where children play̶1; as the riddle and ̶0;In the community lawn and toward the side where the sun does set̶1; as the hint.

Location Scavenger Hunt

• Throw a location-based scavenger hunt that makes players run around town to specific spots. Break players into small groups and give each group a digital camera. Provide a list of large or obvious locations where each team must take a group picture and retrieve a specific item. An easy list can use a fast food restaurant for the group picture and a napkin for the item. A harder list can use a specific, fancy salon and a business card.

  Make the around town scavenger hunt more challenging by listing each location and item as a riddle. Instead of writing fast food restaurant and napkin, write, ̶0;There is a restaurant with a happy clown. It can be found in any town. Use soft paper to wipe off your finger, or the greasy smell will linger.̶1;

People Scavenger Hunt

• Around town scavenger hunts are a great way to meet new people. Give each group a digital camera and a list of people that they must include in a group picture. An easy list can include a blonde woman, an old man, a teenager in sneakers and a boy walking a dog. A difficult list can include a red-haired waitress holding a tray of drinks, a tall man in a dark blue suit, a bald policeman in uniform and a short teenage girl in pink pants.

  Assign point values to each task on the scavenger hunt list, according to difficulty. For example, a picture of a blonde woman could be worth one point and a picture of a bald policeman in uniform could be worth five points. Add up each team̵7;s total points to determine the winners.