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Puzzle #6 was Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that conserves an area of large sand dunes on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre de Cristo Range, in south-central Colorado. The park was originally designated Great Sand Dunes National Monument on March 17, 1932, by President Herbert Hoover. The original boundaries protected an area of 35,528 acres.
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What the record says
Puzzle 6 ran on 21 Jul 2026 and the answer was Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - United States; IUCN category - V; Area band - 100–499 km². The numbers: Established - 2000s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 2004; Area - 344 km² (100–499 km²); Heritage designation - International Dark Sky Park.
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
- V
- Established
- 2000s
- Area band
- 100–499 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 2004
- Area
- 344 km² (100–499 km²)
- Heritage designation
- International Dark Sky Park