[pct-l] more gps trivia

[Marcia]

By the way, for all of you trivia buffs:  The nominal Cal/Or border is 42 
deg. N latitude.  South of Windsor, Ont. part of Canada, Pelee Point and the 
Pelee Islands, extends south below the 42 deg. parallel.  That means that 
there is a part of Canada that is further south than part of California. 
Weird, huh?

Steel-Eye

OK! Ready for more gps trivia? This involves the AT.

I got the latitude/longitudes of Springer Mtn and Mt Katahdin and subtracted 
the two lat-longs.  The AT will take us 11 degrees North and 15 degrees 
East! Ken and I also discussed whether Maine is farther north than the 49th 
parallel that scribes the boarder between western US and Canada. The answer 
is that Maine is 3 degrees and some minutes farther south.
To put all of this in perspective for west coast hikers, we measured 11 
degrees north and 15 degrees east of Los Angeles and the final point was on, 
roughly, the Montana/South Dakota border! Tunnels through the Sierras and 
the Rockies would then be equal to "The Long Green Tunnel" of the AT. =)

Marcia

...GottaWalk, but never the AT again!




-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Herriott <yetifan at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2006 9:22 PM
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>Subject: [pct-l] Looking for driving directions to Oregon/Calif. border 
>nearest the PCT
>
>Anyone?  Bueller?
>
>
>Also, would appreciate any opinions on how safe it
>would be to leave my car there for a few days.
>
>(I have no politically charged bumper stickers on it)
>
>
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