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Just a comment on the trespass, if the fence you found was made of barbed wire, then it was legal to cross (unless there were signs or orange markers), per Nevada state code Title 15 Chapter 207.200 (which covers trespassing law):

(a) "Fence" means a barrier sufficient to indicate an intent to restrict the area to human 
ingress, including, but not limited to, a wall, hedge or chain link or wire mesh fence. The 
term does not include a barrier made of barbed wire.

and land which is neither fenced (according to the above definition) nor posted (with signs or orange markers) can be legally entered, unless you have been instructed otherwise by the landowner or someone else authorized to limit access. If the fence was not the barbed-wire strand sort, then your assessment of illegal trespass is in fact correct. --Eldin (talk) 14:48, 1 October 2013 (EDT)

Great information - this should be on the individual state page for Nevada - and now I want to go find out what the law is in Washington! --Thomcat (talk) 18:14, 1 October 2013 (EDT)

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that it's worthwhile to look up the trespassing laws (at least at the state level or equivalent in another country) for any region where you plan to geohash with any regularity. Nevada's law is more restrictive than Idaho's (an unposted fence only prohibits entry if the land on the far side is cultivated), but less than Oregon's (anything which obviously separates or delineates the land as separate prohibits entry, even if it would not actually impede passage). I've never yet had cause to look up the Washington law. --Eldin (talk) 13:31, 2 October 2013 (EDT)