The United States has 59 National Parks. All of these parks have different beauty between each other. The oldest is Yellowstone (1872), and the newest is Pinnacles (2013). 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 (Actually 5 groups of 10, and 1 group of 9). 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 some pictures.
The final container is at: N 38° 00.ABC W 122° 10.DEF
A. The visitor center is located in the Furnace Creek resort area on State Route 19A.
B. Racetrack Playa is B,714 feet above sea level (Look at Racetrack Playa page)
C. The Death Valley pupfish can withstand harsh conditions that would kill other fish: water that is 4 times more saline than the ocean, hot water up to 11C °F , and cold water down to 32 °F (Look at Death Valley Pupfish page)
D. Telescope Peak is the highest point in the park, at 11,D49 feet above sea level
E. A group of European-Americans that became stuck in the valley in 18E9 while looking for a shortcut to the gold fields of California gave the valley its name, even though only one of their group died there.
F. Badwater basin is the lowest point in the park (and North America), at 28F feet below sea level
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