Thursday, July 30, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Hoover Dam — July 30
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
On July 30, 1935, FDR dedicated Hoover Dam. On the same date in 1956 Eisenhower signed the law making 'In God We Trust' the national motto. Today's pack walks the biggest American buildings of the 20th century.
- 01
Drop a pin on the Colorado River dam on the Arizona-Nevada border — dedicated by FDR on July 30, 1935.
● Hoover Dam Access Road — Nevada, United States
- Target
- 36.0162°, -114.7377°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the bureau where Congress passed the 'In God We Trust' national motto law on July 30, 1956.
● West Terraces and Steps — Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Target
- 38.8899°, -77.0091°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Washington State dam that brought hydroelectric power to the Pacific Northwest — begun in 1933, finished in 1942.
● Washington, United States
- Target
- 47.9558°, -118.9818°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the desert where the first nuclear weapon was detonated on July 16, 1945 — the Trinity test.
● Wsmr P Route 13 — New Mexico, United States
- Target
- 33.6773°, -106.4754°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the city built from scratch during WWII to enrich uranium for the atomic bomb — a secret town of 75,000 by 1945.
● South Illinois Avenue — Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Target
- 36.0104°, -84.2696°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts