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 New River Gorge (2020). 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 37° 59.ABC W 122° 07.DEF
A. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 1A,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.
B. Mount Rainier National Park closed because of extensive flooding as a result of the November 6, 20B6 Pineapple Express rainstorm when 18 inches of rain fell in a 36-hour period. Campsites and roads throughout the park were washed away.
C. Mount Rainier was established as the 5th US National Park, established in 1C99.
D/E/F. On March 2, 1899, President William McKinley signed a bill passed by Congress authorizing the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the nation's fifth national park. It was the first national park created from a national forest. The Pacific Forest Reserve had been created in 189D and included Mount Rainier. It was enlarged in 189E and renamed Mount Rainier Forest Reserve. John Muir had visited Mount Rainier in 1888. Muir and nine others, including Edward Sturgis Ingraham, Charles Piper, and P. B. Van Trump, climbed to the summit in what became the Fth recorded ascent.
Congrats to SweetDuo for the FTF!
You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.