UNC Wilmington Scavenger Hunt and Escape Game | wilmington Scavenger Hunt

The Game

We've turned UNC Wilmington into an incredible outdoor digital adventure. Our PokemonGo style app will take you to 9 iconic places around UNC Wilmington. At each location, you will need to solve a puzzle before advancing. It is part Scavenger Hunt and part Escape Room! You can play solo or in a group. Besides completing fun puzzles, you will learn fascinating details about different places like the Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve, Soaring Seahawk Sculpture and Commons Clock Tower. You will walk around 2 miles as you find clues, solve puzzles and get closer to completing the adventure. You can go at your own pace, but it should take around 75 minutes to complete the adventure. Over 200,000 players have used our app to explore the world. We can't wait for you to play as well!

Duration

75 Min

Location

Khan's Sculpture Garden

Exploration Spots

Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve

Explore Janet Bluethenthal’s 1974 gift and use augmented reality to identify carnivorous pitcher plants thriving among the native pond cypress trees.

Randall Library

You'll solve a riddle about the history of President William Madison Randall and the architectural features of the new Discovery Hall expansion.

Commons Clock Tower

Solve a riddle about the iconic clock tower to discover how the Class of 2000 raised $100,000 to build what was once the largest student-led timepiece in the nation.