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United States : Oregon

3.4 miles (5.4 km) SSE of Springfield, Lane, OR, USA
Approx. altitude: 143 m (469 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 44°S 57°E

Accuracy: 14 m (45 ft)
Quality: good

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

#2: View East #3: View South #4: View West.  (The point lies inside this blackberry bush, 14m away.) #5: These delicious blackberries are the guardians of this Degree Confluence Point #6: 'Half zeros’: 44 Degrees North; 14m short of 123 Degrees West #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North (towards the Springfield Quarry), from 120m above the point #9: View East (towards Mount Pisgah), from 120m above the point #10: View South (along the I-5 freeway), from 120m above the point #11: View West (across the I-5 freeway), from 120m above the point #12: An abandoned truck, just 134 feet from the point

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  44°N 123°W (visit #5)  

#1: The confluence point lies inside a thick blackberry bush, on the left-hand side of this photo.  (This is also a view to the North.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

26-Aug-2022 -- While staying a couple of nights in nearby Eugene, I couldn’t resist revisiting this Degree Confluence Point that I had previously visited 13 years ago. Astonishingly, despite being close to the I-5 freeway (and the city of Eugene), there had been no other recorded visits since mine.

Last time, I approached the point from the South, from an RV park. This time I wanted to avoid the RV park’s residents, so I chose a different approach - from the Northwest. Because high-voltage power lines passed just North of the point, I figured that there would be a public access route underneath the power pylons. I parked on the side of Seavey Loop Road at [44.00148,-123.00192], 0.14 miles Northwest of the point. After crossing a fence, I hiked (through long grass, sprinkled with brambles) underneath the power lines. I had to detour slightly to the North to bypass a creek, then crossed a barbed wire fence to continue hiking south (still through long grass and brambles), just East of 123 Degrees West.

13 years ago, there was a line of pine trees growing just East of 123 Degrees West. Sometime since then these trees were cleared; the area is now long grass (with some abandoned trucks, for variety). Also, to my surprise, part of the blackberry bush that encompasses the point was also cleared. Last time, I could get no closer than 27m (including GPS error) from the point. Today, I was able to get 14m from the point; I launched my drone from there.

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


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies inside a thick blackberry bush, on the left-hand side of this photo. (This is also a view to the North.)
#2: View East
#3: View South
#4: View West. (The point lies inside this blackberry bush, 14m away.)
#5: These delicious blackberries are the guardians of this Degree Confluence Point
#6: 'Half zeros’: 44 Degrees North; 14m short of 123 Degrees West
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North (towards the Springfield Quarry), from 120m above the point
#9: View East (towards Mount Pisgah), from 120m above the point
#10: View South (along the I-5 freeway), from 120m above the point
#11: View West (across the I-5 freeway), from 120m above the point
#12: An abandoned truck, just 134 feet from the point
ALL: All pictures on one page