This is a puzzle geocache. There is no container or relevant information at the posted coordinates.
The United States has 62 National Parks. All of these parks have different beauty between each other. The oldest is Yellowstone (1872), and the newest is White Sands (2019). Each National Park has a 4 digit “Alpha Code.” The Alpha codes are made up of the first four letters of the park name. But if the park has more than one word, it takes the first two letters of the first two words. But there are some exceptions.
Examples:
1 word: Yosemite - yose
2 word: Petrified Forest - pefo
2+ word: Black Canyon of the Gunnison - blca
Exception: Carlsbad Caverns - cave
I will hide a geocache to honor all of these parks. I will do 6 groups of 10 caches. Each of these are a puzzle with 6 questions.
I used Wikipedia for this information, as it gives it all on one page. Also say in your log if you have been to this park. If you have, please post pictures.
This cache was given away at GC8DRQG, FTF on Feb 29? YES!!! Come Tell Your Stories. The winner got at least a 7 day head start on the Pre-FTF. The final cache has 2 spots for FTFs, a Pre-FTF, and a Post-FTF.
Thanks CarlottaP for helping check the puzzles.
The final container is at: N 38° 00.ABC W 122° 07.DEF
A. The park protects dozens of historic ruins from the colonial and plantation eras through the 195As.
B/F. The park is 14,BF7 acres in size
C. The park was established in 195C after land was donated by Laurance Rockefeller to the NPS
D. The park covers almost D0 percent of St. John Island, adjacent ocean, and almost all of Hassel Island.
E. Two category 5 hurricanes impacted the Virgin Islands in September 2017, Irma and Maria. The park received 112,287 visitors in 2018, after having received E04,408 visitors in 2017, and an average of more than 450,000 visitors per year in the preceding ten year period from 2007 to 2016. The park was reopened in December 2017 with all roads, trails and beaches declared accessible to visitors
Congrats to BerkeleyBoomers and NoETA4 for the Pre-FTF
And Congrats to dkata for the Post-FTF.
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