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RedHiker
Volunteer Reviewer Northern California

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Hidden : 1/21/2019
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This is a puzzle geocache. There is no container or relevant information at the posted coordinates.

The United States has 60 National Parks. All of these parks have different beauty between each other. The oldest is Yellowstone (1872), and the newest is Gateway Arch (2018). 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.

The final container is at: N 38° 01.ABC W 122° 09.DEF

A. How many letters are in the name of the river that feeds into the Green River (This is my favorite river name, along with a lake near the cave under the Kentucky State Park System)?

B. Mammoth Cave is the World’s Longest Cave System with over B00 miles of known passageways (that means there is still more undiscovered cave out there)

C. Is the cave named after:

1: The Wooly Mammoth fossils found during “The Great Cave Wars” in 1906

9: The massive size of the cave

D. Legend has it the first Europeans to discover the park were Houchin brothers in 17D7

E. Mammoth Cave became a National Park on July 1, 19E1

F. John Muir visited Mammoth Cave in September 186F


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints ()

Gur pnpur vf unatvat qbja yvxr n Fgnynpgvgr npebff gur ebnq sebz gur pnir

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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