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Puzzle #34 was Big Bend National Park.
Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, and was named after a large bend in the Rio Grande/RÃo Bravo. The park protects more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals.
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What the record says
Puzzle 34 ran on 18 Aug 2026 and the answer was Big Bend National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - United States; IUCN category - II; Area band - 2,000–9,999 km². The numbers: Established - 1940s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1942; Area - 3,091.26 km² (2,000–9,999 km²); Heritage designation - International Dark Sky Park, Tentative 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
- United States
- IUCN category
- II
- Established
- 1940s
- Area band
- 2,000–9,999 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1942
- Area
- 3,091.26 km² (2,000–9,999 km²)
- Heritage designation
- International Dark Sky Park, Tentative World Heritage Site