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United States : New Mexico

2.8 miles (4.5 km) SW of Cuba, Sandoval, NM, USA
Approx. altitude: 2167 m (7109 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 36°S 73°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View North #3: View South #4: View West (up the hillside) #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North, from 120m above the point #9: View East (towards the town of Cuba), from 120m above the point #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West (towards "The Kerski Kliffs"), from 120m above the point

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  36°N 107°W (visit #5)  

#1: The confluence point lies on a steep, rocky hillside.  (This is also a view to the East.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

08-Jul-2023 -- After a 2-hour drive (through sparsely-populated Indian territory) from Grants, MN, I arrived in the small town of Cuba, eager to visit this Degree Confluence Point. I wanted to hike to the point from highway 197, but my first challenge was to find an appropriate place to begin (and end) my hike. All of the land on the western side of the highway appeared to be privately-owned, but I finally found a section of land that - although apparently privately-owned - appeared ‘feral’ and unused. I parked at [35.99790,-106.98839], 0.67 miles from the point, and hiked from there. I crossed a green gate, hiked over a ridge and through long grass, and crossed another green gate. After this, I appeared to be in public open space, and continued my hike up a hill (bypassing a deep drainage to the left). The terrain soon turned rocky, and, after cresting a ridge, I crossed a drainage, and then climbed up to reach the point, which lies on a rocky, east-facing slope.

This is a beautiful spot. To the West is a sleep cliff face. I was astonished to read that Joseph Kerski - the previous visitor in November 2016 - reached this point by hiking from the West, down the steep cliffs. According to my maps, the flat land above the cliffs is called “Mesa de Cuba”, but the cliffs themselves don’t seem to have a name. In honor of Joseph’s craziness, I decided to nickname them “The Kerski Kliffs”.

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies on a steep, rocky hillside. (This is also a view to the East.)
#2: View North
#3: View South
#4: View West (up the hillside)
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North, from 120m above the point
#9: View East (towards the town of Cuba), from 120m above the point
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West (towards "The Kerski Kliffs"), from 120m above the point
ALL: All pictures on one page