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United States : California

2.3 miles (3.7 km) NE of Concord, Contra Costa, CA, USA
Approx. altitude: 31 m (101 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 38°S 58°E

Accuracy: 51 m (167 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: View east-southeast #3: View south-southwest #4: GPS reading at 51 meters away from confluence

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  38°N 122°W (visit #6)  

#1: View north-northeast

(visited by Shawn Fleming)

13-Apr-2004 -- It was my daughters' Spring Break and time for another California Confluence Adventure! 38n-122w would be the fourth of seven confluence attempts for this trip. Our Garmin 2620 scored again! Following excellent directions to 37n-122w, I entered 38n-122w as a waypoint and once again, it did an excellent job guiding us – even saving us lots of time from the way I had originally planned on a paper map departing De Laveaga park and the previous confluence.

Northbound on Interstate 680 just south of Concord, traffic came to a complete stop. Overhead were 4 helicopters stacked a different altitudes and hovering facing the freeway. Above them, a small aircraft circled. Something big had happened – we learned the next day that a small aircraft had crashed onto the freeway, landing on a minivan and injuring a small girl inside.

We got off at Willow Pass Road and followed it north to a pull-off just north of the Contra Costa Canal. The TerraServer image shows this quite well – the southeastern end of the pull-off is the closest point you can get to the confluence because of the fence. Noting that inside 100 meters is a valid visit to a confluence, it was time for pictures. Picture #1 looks north-northeast. Picture #2 looks east-southeast towards the confluence which is well before the tree in the distance. Picture #3 looks south-southwest. Picture #4 shows my eMap 51 meters away.

This is a quick, drive-by confluence but that made us three out of four for the trip. Onward towards 38n-123w!


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#1: View north-northeast
#2: View east-southeast
#3: View south-southwest
#4: GPS reading at 51 meters away from confluence
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