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Puzzle #82 was Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Arizona, the 15th site to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Wonders of the World. The park, which covers 1,217,262 acres of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties, received more than 4.9 million recreational visitors in 2024.
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What the record says
Puzzle 82 ran on 5 Oct 2026 and the answer was Grand Canyon 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 - 1910s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1919; Area - 4,862.89 km² (2,000–9,999 km²); Heritage designation - International Dark Sky Park, 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
- 1910s
- Area band
- 2,000–9,999 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1919
- Area
- 4,862.89 km² (2,000–9,999 km²)
- Heritage designation
- International Dark Sky Park, World Heritage Site