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nps - neri Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/17/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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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 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. 

America's Newest Park is New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia. I figured I would hide it's new cache since I have already passed the other N caches. 

Puzzle: 

Enter the following number into certitude:

Year New River Gorge became a National Park - 4 digits YYYY

What number National Park is New River Gorge - 2 digits NN

One of the biggest bridges in the world is in New River Gorge National Park. How many feet is the New River Gorge Bridge above the New River? -3 digits BBB

With West Virginia getting a National Park, how many US States now have at least 1 National Park? (As of publishing of cache, US states only (not territories))- 2 digits SS

Put your 11 digit number into certitude, in the format YYYYNNBBBSS , and get the final coords. 

 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cynfgvp nzzb pna va gerr fghzc, nobhg 10 srrg qbjauvyy bs genvy

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)