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United States : Kansas

6.1 miles (9.8 km) SSW of Aetna, Barber, KS, USA
Approx. altitude: 558 m (1830 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 37°S 81°E

Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)
Quality: good

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

#2: View to the north #3: View to the east #4: View to the south #5: View to the west #6: Ground cover #7: All zeroes #8: Entrance to oil and gas leases #9: Waldron, Kansas #10: Tammy Faye Messner's grave in Waldron Cemetery

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  37°N 99°W (visit #3)  

#1: View SSW to the confluence in the foreground

(visited by Gavin Roy)

21-Apr-2023 -- South of Coldwater, the uniform grid of country roads in Kansas gives way to dusty buttes and a concomitant dearth of public roads. Fortunately, the single maintained route that connects KS-1 to the town of Kiowa, Kansas passes within feet of this confluence, and it was there that I found myself parking at 11:19am on this dusty spring morning. It was unseasonably cool, 61°F with a slight breeze. There was much oil activity all around including logoed pickup trucks coming and going. When I stopped on the side of the road with my flashers on, two pickups in succession came over to make sure I was okay and didn't need any assistance. It was from the first of these drivers that I discovered that this confluence lies just within the property of Ballet Ranch, pronounced "Ballot". I ended up walking through the open gate to the south rather than going through the barbed wire fence, and it was a short walk and quick confluence dance to all zeroes.

The confluence lies on land that looks like it was used for hay last year, and I assume it will be plowed and planted again soon. I enjoyed the silence for a few minutes before heading back to my rental car and heading east to 37N 98W, but not before a stop through the ghost town of Waldron, Kansas and an incidental visit to the grave of Tammy Faye Messner just outside of town. An afternoon of reflection and gratitude.


 All pictures
#1: View SSW to the confluence in the foreground
#2: View to the north
#3: View to the east
#4: View to the south
#5: View to the west
#6: Ground cover
#7: All zeroes
#8: Entrance to oil and gas leases
#9: Waldron, Kansas
#10: Tammy Faye Messner's grave in Waldron Cemetery
ALL: All pictures on one page