national park mystery spot

National Park Mystery Spot 35: What Have You Done?

There's a clue on my coffee table.

National Park Mystery Spot 34 Revealed: Up the Creek

You can't get this one right if you can't see the forest for the trees.

National Park Mystery Spot 34: Focusing Too Much on the Details

If details are all you glean, the overall pattern may not be seen.

National Park Mystery Spot 33 Revealed: The Way Out

This natural feature acquired its name when it provided a way down, and thus a way out.

National Park Mystery Spot 33: Hitting a Quail on the Fly

Mind your gluteus maximus when you close the door.

And the National Park Mystery Spot Champion for 2011 Is . . .

We published 13 national park mystery spot puzzles this year, and one of our readers managed to solve 8 of them. We are impressed.

National Park Mystery Spot 32 Revealed: A Domed Domicile

Sacagawea once lived in one like this.

National Park Mystery Spot 32: At the Mouth of a Feeder

What is located at the mouth of a feeder of a famously roiled feeder of a river that is not a feeder?

National Park Mystery Spot 31 Revealed: Big Tree Inside, Lots More Outside

The huge tree rising from the lobby floor isn't real, but there's a real forest of giants just outside.

National Park Mystery Spot 31: Walk This Way

There are walks, and then there are walks. This mystery spot offers choices.

National Park Mystery Spot 30 Revealed: The Rhyming Road Takes You There

A rhyming road takes you there.

National Park Mystery Spot 30: Just Answer These Questions

This one may give you cause for pause, but we swear that it's fair.

National Park Mystery Spot 29 Revealed: A Hole in the Ground

You didn't really need a crystal ball to figure this one out.

National Park Mystery Spot 29: You Need to Go Down to Go In

What does Tinker Bell have to do with Tolkien? Work through this month's Mystery Spot puzzle and find out.

National Park Mystery Spot 28 Revealed: A Delicate Subject

You might say that it was a delicate subject.

National Park Mystery Spot 28: A Natural Shape

You must climb up high to see it up close.

National Park Mystery Spot 27 Revealed: A Home for a Man Who Sure Could Write

That dairy goat clue is a lot more important than it might appear.

National Park Mystery Spot 27: On a Hill It Stands

Last month's mystery spot puzzler was a real mind bender. This one is considerably less twisty.

National Park Mystery Spot 26: An Elevation

These clues lead you to this month's mystery spot, which is within a National Park System unit.

National Park Mystery Spot 25 Revealed: A Hexagon in a Very Dry Place

Identifying this national park mystery spot was not all that difficult, especially for Spanish-speaking geographers well versed in reptiles and polygons.

National Park Mystery Spot 25: Not Even a Puddle to Wet a Frog

These clues lead you to this month's mystery spot, which is within a National Park System unit.

National Park Mystery Spot 24: A Movie Critter Provides a Clue

Can you identify this place using just a few clues?

National Park Mystery Spot 23 Revealed: Saddam Didn't Build this One

You might very well have needed all the clues to figure this one out.

National Park Mystery Spot 23: Cue Ball's Habitat

This one's a piece of cake for people who are well schooled in pocket billiards, raptors, 70s music, and dead Middle Eastern dictators.

National Park Mystery Spot 22 Revealed: You Can See the Sea from This Dome

There were some big, fat, juicy clues.

National Park Mystery Spot 22: See the Sunrise

Can you identify the national park mystery spot with just a few clues?

National Park Mystery Spot 21 Revealed: Lots of Stars Have Done Their Thing Here

Meteorologists and movie trivia buffs had the inside track on this one.

National Park Mystery Spot 21: Alas, Poor Hillside Homes

National Park Mystery Spot 21 is a place you've almost certainly seen.

National Park Mystery Spot 20 Revealed: No Trucks in This Convoy

It helped to remember that a key is not always a tool for unlocking something.
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