Check this page before you head out, especially if you have an older edition of the book! If there are any problems that cannot be corrected in the field, we will post an update below.
We strive to maintain the clues and boxes so that they work properly all year round. However, sometimes signs are changed, trees fall down, and other unforeseen circumstances cause small problems with Quest directions. If the problems cannot be corrected in the field, we will post updates on this page and then make updates in future book editions. It’s a good idea to check this page before heading out on a Quest, especially if you have an older version of the Quest Book. The best way to avoid confusion and surprises is to obtain the most up-to-date Quest Book available.
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Alerts
Seaside Go to the Green Tsunami Quest - Because this box keeps disappearing, a new 'secondary ending' has been implemented for this Quest. This means that when you solve the puzzle that tells you where to find the box, what you will actually find at that location is a message that will direct you to a different place where the box is hidden. If you need help, ask the people at the desk inside the building.
Keepers of Heceta Head Lightstation Quest - A sign holding clues 3 and 4 has been removed after someone backed into it with a truck. We've left a note for Questers where the sign used to be, and here's what you need to know: A barn housed the keepers' horses, and the first schoolhouse was built next to Cape Creek.
Updates to Quest Books
2023-24 Quest Book Corrections:
Six Quests from this book have been RETIRED:
- Cape Perpetua Discovery Loop Trail Quest (2009 version) - This Quest was replaced with a NEW Quest in the 2025-26 book.
- City Center History Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to planned road construction on the route.
- Fort Stevens Tsunami Quest - This Quest closed in late Fall 2024 due to construction in the campground.
- HMSC Nature Trail Quest - This Quest was retired due to expected changes in trail signage within the next two years.
- Kilchis Point Reserve Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to problems with a chronically disappearing box.
- South Beach State Park Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to expected changes in trail signage within the next two years.
Updates:
- Big Creek Park Quest - Beginning Oct 2024, the Big Creek Park Road bridge (between NE Harney & Big Creek Park) closed to vehicular traffic. However, the bridge and park are still open to pedestrian traffic.
- Charleston Tsunami Quest - The "fishy" word on the side of a building has been removed. To get clues #4 and 5, use the letter that's on the tail of the wind turbine.
- Historic Florence Quest - The sign holding military emblems with clue #7 has been replaced. As a substitute, use the third letter in the first title word on the sign.
- Taft Stormwater Quest - Clue #4 hint: The white painted word SCHOOL used to include white bumps in the shape of a circle, but the bumps were recently removed.
- Toledo Quest* - The last four clue square are mislabeled in the book. Instead of Clue #14, 15, 16, and 17, the last four clues should be numbered 3, 2, 2 and 7. This issue was fixed in the "Second Printing" of the 2023-24 book edition.
2021-2022 Quest Book Corrections:
Seven Quests in this edition have been RETIRED:
- Cape Perpetua Discovery Loop Trail Quest (2009 version) - This Quest was replaced with a NEW Quest in the 2025-26 book.
- City Center History Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to planned roadway construction on the route.
- Explore Beverly Beach State Park Quest - The Quest was retired when the park closed in September 2023 for several months of construction.
- Fort Stevens Tsunami Quest - This Quest was retired in late Fall 2024 due to construction in the campground.
- HMSC Nature Trail Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to expected changes to signage on the trail.
- Kilchis Point Reserve Quest - This Quest was retired in 2025 due to problems with a chronically disappearing box.
- South Beach State Park Quest - This Quest was retired due to expected changes in signage on the trail.
UPDATES:
- Bandon Tsunami Quest - At the beginning you are instructed to walk southwest to a tsunami evacuation sign which is next to a "big wooden bench surrounded by three boulders". The bench has been moved and now there is a giant Washed Ashore sculpture of a rockfish in its place near the boulders and evacuation sign.
- Big Creek Park Quest - Beginning Oct 2024, the Big Creek Park Road bridge (between NE Harney & Big Creek Park) closed to vehicular traffic. However, the bridge and park are still open to pedestrian traffic.
- Big Creek Park Quest in Spanish Quest has been revised and is now available on the Quests en Español webpage.
- Charleston Tsunami Quest - The "fishy" word on the side of a building has been removed. To get clues #4 and 5, use the letter that's on the tail of the wind turbine.
- Historic Florence Quest
- The sign holding military emblems with clue #7 has been replaced. As a substitute, use the third letter in the first title word on the sign.
- The third word of the hidden message squares should be labeled 7-8-9, not 7-8-8.Note: This issue was fixed in the "Second Printing" of the 2021-22 book edition.
- Mount Union Cemetery Quest - The entrance sign was replaced with a beautiful arch. Now, clue #6 is the last letter on the entrance arch.
- Port Orford Heads State Park Quest - The entire sign that held clue #3 blew away in a winter storm. To get the clue now, take the fifth letter of the name of the person after whom the Cove is named.