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United States : Oregon

11.8 miles (19.0 km) E of Langell Valley, Klamath, OR, USA
Approx. altitude: 1467 m (4812 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 42°S 59°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View East #3: View South #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North (across the currently-dry lake bed), from 120m above the point #9: View East (showing Willow Valley Road, and the route of the Ruby Pipeline just beyond), from 120m above the point #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West, from 120m above the point #12: From ground level, the Ruby Pipeline is now marked by a series of yellow warning posts

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  42°N 121°W (visit #4)  

#1: The confluence point lies on the bank of a (currently dry) lake.  (This is also a view to the North.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

06-Jul-2022 -- From Alturas (the only town of any significance in the northeast corner of California), I drove northwards on a series of long gravel roads towards the Oregon state line. My goal was to revisit this remote Degree Confluence Point that I had last visited 11 years earlier, during a tour of the US. I eventually crossed into Oregon and continued westward on Willow Valley Road - a gravel road that fortunately passes just 0.1 miles south of the point.

I noticed two major changes since my last visit, in May 2011. First, the lake - to the northeast of the point - was now dry (there were even cattle grazing on parts of the lake bed). This is likely due to a combination of visiting later in the year (July instead of May) and current drought conditions in the western US. Second, in May 2011 the “Ruby Pipeline” (a natural gas pipeline connecting Wyoming and Oregon) was being laid, just south of the gravel road (and avoiding the California state line, just 0.5 miles away). Now, the only sign of the pipeline from ground level is a series of yellow warning posts. (However, the route of the pipeline can be seen from the air, in the East 120m ‘drone’s-eye’ view.)

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies on the bank of a (currently dry) lake. (This is also a view to the North.)
#2: View East
#3: View South
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North (across the currently-dry lake bed), from 120m above the point
#9: View East (showing Willow Valley Road, and the route of the Ruby Pipeline just beyond), from 120m above the point
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West, from 120m above the point
#12: From ground level, the Ruby Pipeline is now marked by a series of yellow warning posts
ALL: All pictures on one page
  Notes
Close to an only temporarily existing lake.