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United States : California

2.3 miles (3.7 km) NE of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Approx. altitude: 67 m (219 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 37°S 58°E

Accuracy: 4 m (13 ft)
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#2: View North #3: View East #4: View South #5: View West #6: Ground cover (ivy, on top of a redwood stump) at the confluence point #7: As close to “all zeros” as I could get (GPS+GLONASS) #8: The NAD27 monument, 97 meters West of the point

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  37°N 122°W (visit #31)  

#1: The confluence point lies on top of this large redwood stump

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

06-Aug-2023 -- This is my ‘local’ Degree Confluence Point - the closest point to my home in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have visited it many times (many more times, in fact, than the three visits that I’ve recorded on this site). But I was intrigued by George Pepper and Jan Bentley’s recent report that described an old monument - using the old NAD27 datum - that had been installed near this point. I had never seen or heard of this before. So I had to revisit the point, to find this monument, and document - for future visitors - its (WGS84) coordinates.

But first I decided to revisit the ‘official’, WGS84 Degree Confluence point, which lies on top of a redwood stump, high up the hillside.

Then - after resetting my GPS receiver to use the NAD27 datum - I went looking for the NAD27 monument. To my surprise, I found it much farther down the hill, very close to the baseball field at the bottom. The WGS84 coordinates of the monument are [36.99999,-122.00113], 97 meters West of the true (WGS84) Degree Confluence Point.


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#1: The confluence point lies on top of this large redwood stump
#2: View North
#3: View East
#4: View South
#5: View West
#6: Ground cover (ivy, on top of a redwood stump) at the confluence point
#7: As close to “all zeros” as I could get (GPS+GLONASS)
#8: The NAD27 monument, 97 meters West of the point
ALL: All pictures on one page