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Puzzle #27 was Bale Mountains National Park.
Bale Mountains National Park is a national park in Ethiopia. The park encompasses an area of about 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) in the Bale Mountains and Sanetti Plateau of the Ethiopian Highlands.
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What the record says
Puzzle 27 ran on 11 Aug 2026 and the answer was Bale Mountains National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Ethiopia; IUCN category - II; Area band - 2,000–9,999 km². The numbers: Established - 1960s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1969; Area - 2,471 km² (2,000–9,999 km²); Heritage designation - World Heritage Site.
Parkdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0 and IUCN protected-area management category guidelines. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Ethiopia
- IUCN category
- II
- Established
- 1960s
- Area band
- 2,000–9,999 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1969
- Area
- 2,471 km² (2,000–9,999 km²)
- Heritage designation
- World Heritage Site