Pointless Prize – #parks

[jlamb]

The Fairfax County Park Authority is highly offended by POTA’s exclusionary definition of parks 🤣

[Kbikeva]

I don’t really understand the search function on that link. I’m trying to look for eligible parks in the area I’m traveling to during BAFS, and it won’t search by US-TX. For that matter, it won’t give me a list of US-VA either. What am I missing here?

Kbikeva

[arlcxrider]

I don’t think you can use the search bar to search by location on the “parklist” page. On the left hand side you can expand the US listing to see each state (and DC.) Or use the map function.

[Kbikeva]

I did expand the listing. For the US it’s 11863 Parks listed. So I looked at the map, which is definitely easier to home in on a target area but there aren’t that many of those 244 spots in Virginia near the immediately bikeable DC area. Still, it’s an interesting idea. I hope those who live near the cluster of yellow in DC will have fun with this!

[arlcxrider]

If you ride out to Mason Neck, you can bag four right there. “Parks” include Wildlife Refuges and so forth. Similarly, a trip to Fort Washington there are three (Harmony Hall, Ft. Washington, and Piscataway.)

[Fiona Grant]

Thx for sponsoring! Clarification on the unique parks rule – can you go to the same one on a different day, or each park only once this season?

[Serdar]

Hi Fiona,

According to the rules, “Must be a unique park to qualify in the scoring–no repeats.”

Happy New Year!

Serdar

[sszibler]

It’s still a tad confusing for my first try. US-0657 President’s Park (White House) might be multiple locations.

The yellow dot is at the Visitor’s Pavilion on the Elipse, but the map labels it as behind the White House, like the rose garden.

Since it sounds like the game is very strict with this list I’m just wondering how much leeway we have. I don’t understand why the yellow dot on a visitor’s center is different than the actual, labeled park. Will it all count if it’s the White House?

[Serdar]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac National Memorial
US-0784

[Fiona Grant]

US-0656, good old Rock Creek Park, home to Poggio. Where would we be without it? The Nature Center.

[Indiana]

1/1/25 Washington Monument National Memorial

US-0794

[consularrider]

No Indiana/US parks on the list close enough to ride to from Bloomington, IN in freezing weather.  Guess I’ll have to forgo this for a couple weeks.  🙁

[arlcxrider]

The map shows a big cluster of eligible parks around Lake Monroe, Ind.

[sszibler]

1/1/2025 President’s Park (White House) US-0657

At the Visitor’s Pavilion

[sszibler]

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1/2/2025 African American Civil War Memorial Vermont & U St NW US-7891

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