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United States : Texas

4.6 miles (7.4 km) E of Midland, Midland, TX, USA
Approx. altitude: 837 m (2746 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 32°S 78°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
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#2: View North #3: View East #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS)

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  32°N 102°W (visit #5)  

#1: AS The confluence point lies in a flat, grassy field, surrounded by businesses supporting the petroleum industry.  (This is also a view to the South, towards a nearby petroleum processing facility.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

05-Apr-2024 -- After spending a night in the apocalyptic petroleum hellscape of Midland, Texas, I wanted to reward myself the next morning by visiting its nearby Degree Confluence Point - surprisingly, unvisited in almost 10 years. After parking on the side of the busy highway 307 that passes about 0.2 miles North of the point, my biggest challenge was finding a place to cross the tall, difficult-to-climb fences that lay between the highway and the point. I finally found a narrow gap between the fences at [32.00086,-102.00243], and managed to squeeze myself through. From there, it was an easy walk across a flat, grassy field, with some prairie dog holes. I heard prairie dogs call out as I approached, but unfortunately they all disappeared down their holes before I could photograph them. The point lies in the field, with a petroleum processing facility just to the South.

Unfortunately it was very windy during my visit, and I didn’t feel it was safe to launch my drone to get an aerial view.


 All pictures
#1: AS The confluence point lies in a flat, grassy field, surrounded by businesses supporting the petroleum industry. (This is also a view to the South, towards a nearby petroleum processing facility.)
#2: View North
#3: View East
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS)
ALL: All pictures on one page