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United States : California

3.3 miles (5.3 km) NE of Poway, San Diego, CA, USA
Approx. altitude: 364 m (1194 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 33°S 63°E

Accuracy: 10 m (32 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: Bare hills following the fire #3: All zeroes #4: The suspects...

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  33°N 117°W (visit #7)  

#1: Looking uphill at the confluence

(visited by Marshall Clow, mark thompson, Charles Greenfield, Larry Pollack and David Kaplan)

21-Dec-2007 -- I've been reading the descriptions of this confluence, and most of them talk about beating through the brush to get near. After the fires in October, we thought that this problem would be abated. Boy, were we right. There was nothing left on the hillside.

We drove up into high valley, parked on a side road, and hiked southeast to the confluence. Total distance from the car was about 350 yards, across a slope.

While we were there, one of the homeowners came out, and apparently confusing us with geocachers, explained that the confluence "had been removed". He also said that he was having a lot of problems with mudslides, and asked that we not come back, and tell other people that the confluence was on private property.


 All pictures
#1: Looking uphill at the confluence
#2: Bare hills following the fire
#3: All zeroes
#4: The suspects...
ALL: All pictures on one page
  Notes
Tom McCollum writes:
I am a property owner adjacent to the 117 W 33 N confluence in Poway, CA. My house is visible in some of the panoramic photos on the website. In order to access the confluence you must use my road and driveway. I welcome people participating in this Project and will allow access if permission is requested. Unfortunately, I can only get you to about 50 meters. To get any closer would be on my neighbor's property. He has an easement through my land. I can help coordinate a visit with him as he has allowed access in the past. We have enjoyed most of the geocachers who have been respectful of the area. It is kind of interesting to live next to the only degree confluence in San Diego County. I have wondered if there was at cold war no decimal targeting missile aimed at us.
Any requests can be sent to the Western USA coordinator, and they will be forwarded to Tom.

Update (from visit 7):
While we were there, one of the homeowners came out, and apparently confusing us with geocachers, explained that the confluence "had been removed". He also said that he was having a lot of problems with mudslides, and asked that we not come back, and tell other people that the confluence was on private property.