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United States : Colorado

19.0 miles (30.6 km) W of Hiawatha, Moffatt, CO, USA
Approx. altitude: 2544 m (8346 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 41°S 71°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
Quality: good

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

#2: View East #3: View South #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m #8: View North (into Wyoming), from 120m above the point #9: View East (along the Wyoming-Colorado state line), from 120m above the point #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West (along the Colorado-Wyoming state line), from 120m above the point

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  41°N 109°W (visit #5)  

#1: The confluence point lies atop a small hill.  (This is also a view to the North, towards Wyoming, just 200 feet away)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

20-Jun-2022 -- From [41,-110], I drove eastward, passing several times between Wyoming and Utah. The unseasonably bad Summer weather continued with heavy rain as I drove through Utah’s Flaming Gorge, then let up as I drove towards the “Three Corners Triangle”: The ’tripoint' where Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado meet - less than 3 miles West of this Degree Confluence Point. But unfortunately I had to abort my attempt to reach this tripoint, because the recent rains had made the steep dirt access road too treacherous to continue driving on, even with 4-wheel-drive.

Although I was currently very close to this Degree Confluence Point ‘as the crow flies’, the roads in this area are very circuitous, so I had to drive for another hour before I got there. After crossing into Colorado, I ended up taking the same route that the previous visitors - Gavin Roy and Kurt Woock - took in November 2014. I ended up passing through a ranch (signed "Diamond Peak Cattle Company”), including a couple of gates. Eventually, I reached the point, which lies atop a small hill, just East of the road. The Wyoming state line (with a fence and gate) is just 200 feet to the north.

This is an especially beautiful point. It is at quite a high elevation - more than 8300 feet. (As I flew my drone here, I kept getting warnings about “flying at altitude”.) Given the high elevation, I found it surprising that Roy and Woock were able to reach this point in November; all of the other visits to this point have been in Summer.

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


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies atop a small hill. (This is also a view to the North, towards Wyoming, just 200 feet away)
#2: View East
#3: View South
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m
#8: View North (into Wyoming), from 120m above the point
#9: View East (along the Wyoming-Colorado state line), from 120m above the point
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West (along the Colorado-Wyoming state line), from 120m above the point
ALL: All pictures on one page