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United States : Washington

14.8 miles (23.9 km) ESE of Cougar (Cowlitz), Skamania, WA, USA
Approx. altitude: 968 m (3175 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 46°S 58°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
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#2: View North #3: View East #4: View South #5: The sign installed at the confluence point in 2010 #6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS) #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North (towards Mount Rainier) from a height of 120m #9: View East (towards Mount Adams, in the top-left corner) from a height of 120m #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West, from 120m above the point #12: A close-up view to the Northwest of Mount Saint Helens, from 120m above the point

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  46°N 122°W (visit #6)  

#1: The confluence point lies within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.  (This is also a view to the West.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

14-Jul-2024 -- While in the Columbia Gorge region, I made a detour to revisit this scenic, forested Degree Confluence Point (that I had previously visited almost 15 years earlier), in order to get a drone’s-eye view of the point (and nearby Mount Saint Helens). From the Columbia River, I took the same route as before: Wind River Road north to NF-31, then NF-3107, then NF-115. I parked at [46.00043,-121.99634], just 0.18 miles ENE of the point, and hiked along an overgrown doubletrack road, which took me almost all the way to the point, which lies just within the forest.

At the point, I was surprised (and a bit saddened) to see that a large, permanent concrete marker (with metal signs attached) had been installed there. The signs reference the Degree Confluence Project (ignoring the fact that the project discourages leaving permanent markers). The names on the signs suggest that the marker was associated with the previous visit recorded by P Vecchio (in 2010).

This is another Degree Confluence Point where the drone’s-eye view from above the trees is more interesting than the view from the ground. In addition to Mount Saint Helens (to the Northwest), you can see Mount Rainier (to the North) and Mount Adams (to the East).


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#1: The confluence point lies within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. (This is also a view to the West.)
#2: View North
#3: View East
#4: View South
#5: The sign installed at the confluence point in 2010
#6: All zeros! (GPS+Galileo+GLONASS)
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North (towards Mount Rainier) from a height of 120m
#9: View East (towards Mount Adams, in the top-left corner) from a height of 120m
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West, from 120m above the point
#12: A close-up view to the Northwest of Mount Saint Helens, from 120m above the point
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