The Great St. Augustine Scavenger Hunt

The class of Leadership St. Johns, 2025, invites you to gather a team of four to six people to participate in the Great St. Augustine Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, August 30, 2025, starting at 10:00 a.m.

What is the Great St. Augustine Scavenger Hunt?

It's a family-friendly way to test your knowledge of St. Augustine, learn a bit more about the oldest city, and have fun on a Saturday morning. Participants will gather at 10:00 a.m. in front of the Lightner Museum, where you'll learn the rules and sync your phone to their digital app. This is not a race. It's a two-hour test of your knowledge, your cunning, and your ability to strategize. Once your team is checked in, you may move to any location in St. Augustine's Historic Downtown and await the start of the game. At 10:30, the app starts the scavenger hunt.

Your team will receive missions. You may have to use clues to find a particular site, take a side-trip for more points, or simply answer a question. Find St. Augustine's iconic landmarks, answer clues about our city, and earn points when you complete each quest. As the game moves along, the interactive app displays how your team ranks compared to the others. The team with the most points wins.

The proceeds from this event will be donated to the Youth Crisis Center.

Who can enter? Any team of four to six people. Family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers can all form a team and participate. Come up with a team, name it, and start taking a lot of walks around town to get ready. How much do you know about St. Augustine? Join the Great St. Augustine Scavenger Hunt and find out.

Prizes

The top three teams share some of the treasure with cash prizes: $500.00 for 1st place, $400.00 for 2nd place, and $300.00 for 3rd place. 

Admission: $200.00 per team. A team may have as few as four people and no more than six.

When: Saturday, August 30, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• 10:00: Check in on the lawn in front of the Lightner, and get the rules. Move to any location in the city.
• 10:30: The game starts with your first clue.
• 12:30: Stop. You can't earn any more points.
• 12:30: Return to the Lightner Lawn for the awards ceremony.

Where: Near the fountain on the lawn of the Lightner Museum, 75 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084 (Look for the tent.)

Other Ways to Participate

1. Bid on the auction items. They are on the website and will be on display in the Alcazar Room at 75 King Street.
2. Sponsor this event. Sponsor perks include placing their logo on event signage,  sending one or more teams to participate in the hunt, and sponsoring a mission during the game.

The Youth Crisis Center

All proceeds from this event go to the Youth Crisis Center and will be used to provide scholarships to St. Johns County youth for K-12 extracurricular activities. 

Leadership St. Johns Class 2025:  Since 2000, Leadership St. Johns (LSJ) has developed over 400 community leaders through programs on local economy, education, government, and volunteerism. Participants build connections across business and civic sectors, enhancing their leadership impact in St. Johns County. LSJ strengthens the local community through leadership development, economic growth, and continuing education.