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.
I visited Rocky Mountain NP in July 2018, and enjoyed going to the Alpine Visitor Center, hiking to up to 12,005 feet (drove 11,800 of those feet), seeing the continental divide, and of course getting 3 earthcaches in the park.
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° 02.ABC W 122° 10.DEF
A. The park was established in 19A5
B. Streams and glaciations during the Quaternary period cut through the older sediment, creating mesa tops and alluvial plains, and revealing the present Rocky Mountains. The glaciation removed as much as B,000 feet of sedimentary rocks from earlier inland sea deposits
C. Rocky Mountain National Park encompasses C65,461 acres of federal land
D. The highest point in the park, Long’s Peak, is 14,2D9 feet high
E. The Subalpine zone is from approximately E000 - 11000 feet in elevation
F. The highest continuous, paved road in the US is the F7 kilometer long Trail Ridge Road, going to a height of 12,183 feet
Congrats to _____ for the Pre-FTF
And Congrats to ______ for the Post-FTF.
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