National Park Mystery Spot 1: Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth Used It

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on July 14, 2009 - 3:00am

National Park Mystery Spot 1 is somewhere in the National Park System. Can you identify it with just these five clues?

• It cost 50 cents to use it when it was opened in 1895.

• During Theodore Roosevelt's administration, survivors of a major disaster lived in tents there for a while.

• Thousands of trees were added to it during the Great Depression.

• Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth used it.

• It was Found on Post in 1964.

* Be sure to read "National Park Mystery Spot 1 Revealed" in tomorrow's Traveler for the answer and a full explanation of the clues.

Comments

Submitted by Djjeffrey100 (not verified) on July 14, 2009 - 4:56am.

Is it Muir Woods?

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on July 14, 2009 - 5:16am.

Not Muir Woods.

Submitted by Terry on July 14, 2009 - 5:51am.

How about the Presidio golf course in Golden Gate N.P. Never played it. Is it still 50 cents?

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on July 14, 2009 - 6:05am.

You got it, Terry. Check in with Traveler tomorrow for an article that provides lots of information about the Presidio Golf Course, including green fees (which can cost $145+ for non-residents).

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