Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Founders at home
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
The Founders were architects of more than a country — they were obsessive home-builders too. Mount Vernon, Monticello, Quincy, Montpelier, and the country house Alexander Hamilton barely got to live in.
- 01
Drop a pin on the Potomac riverside estate where George Washington lived, died, and is buried.
● George Washington Memorial Parkway — Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States
- Target
- 38.7079°, -77.0860°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the coast where the second U.S. president was born — and where his son, the sixth, was born next door.
● Greenleaf Street — Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
- Target
- 42.2566°, -71.0040°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the plantation where Andrew Jackson retired and is buried beside his wife Rachel.
● Rachels Lane — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Target
- 36.2140°, -86.6132°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the town where Abraham Lincoln lived for 17 years before leaving for the White House in 1861.
● East Jackson Street — Springfield, Illinois, United States
- Target
- 39.7975°, -89.6457°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the Long Island estate Theodore Roosevelt called the 'Summer White House' — his home from 1885 until his death in 1919.
● Sagamore Hill Road — Oyster Bay, New York, United States
- Target
- 40.8838°, -73.5022°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts