2013-03-28 38 -77

Thu 28 Mar 2013 in 38,-77: 38.6717396, -77.1702692 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In some woods next to the parking lot for Pirates Cove waterpark in Lorton VA. Apparently they store RVs here in the offseason.

Participants

OfficeLinebacker (talk)OfficeLinebacker

Expedition

Set out from Rockville at about 9:50. This was fairly straightforward as the GPS took me right to the driveway of the park. Once I got inside I detoured based on my own survey because the GPS would not have taken me to the closest parking lot. Once I arrived I realized that the vehicles I saw on the satellite pic are not buses of schoolchildren as I thought, but RVs. They rent out the lot to RV owners. It's a very desirable spot. I talked to a guy who said he was on a waiting list for three years.

There is also temporary (only during the offseason) storage right next to it.

I parked the car next to a pile of firewood and set off into the woods. There was a path which I should have used because even though it was windy, it would have taken me very close to the spot. Once I realized this I got on the path. A fallen tree which formed a bridge over a ravine showed the way to the exact location so I crossed it and took my pictures. Nice little location.

The GPS wasn't very exact and kept shifting accuracy but I am reasonably confident that at one point I was within a few feet of the exact spot.

Once I finished, I decided to head to the geohash for the next graticule over.

Photos

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  Silly grin @38.6717,-77.1703

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  Crossing the bridge @38.6717,-77.1703

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  I got to cross this natural bridge to teach the location @38.6717,-77.1703

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  Trail in the woods @38.6718,-77.1707

Achievements

OfficeLinebacker earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 6 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-03-23.