Saturday, July 25, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Puerto Rico — July 25
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
On July 25, 1898 U.S. troops landed at Guánica, Puerto Rico. Fifty-four years later, on July 25, 1952, the island became a U.S. commonwealth. Today's pack walks American territories — places where stars and stripes fly but full statehood doesn't follow.
- 01
Drop a pin on the Puerto Rican capital where the commonwealth's constitution took effect on July 25, 1952.
● Calle General Pershing — San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
- Target
- 18.4655°, -66.1057°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the U.S. Virgin Islands harbor America bought from Denmark in 1917 — a Caribbean territory still in U.S. hands.
● Charlotte Amalie West, United States Virgin Islands, United States
- Target
- 18.3419°, -64.9307°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Northern Mariana Islands' capital — a U.S. commonwealth in the Western Pacific.
● Naftan — Northern Mariana Islands, United States
- Target
- 15.1268°, 145.7541°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the American Samoa harbor that's been a U.S. territory since 1900 — a Pacific island where American football is a national obsession.
- Target
- -14.2774°, -170.7025°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the unincorporated U.S. island in the Pacific that hosts a strategic air base — acquired in 1898 after the Spanish-American War.
- Target
- 13.4443°, 144.7937°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts