[sac-forum] Re: Observing Site Distances

Paul,

A better benchmark for northern sites would probably be the ministack at
loop 101 & I 17, which is what I used here.

Here's what I got from Streets & Trips, which jibes with my driving
experience to the following sites (except antennas, which I've yet to get
to):

5 Mile Meadow: from I17/I10: 147mi (Via Clints Well)
                from 101/I17: 134mi (via Clints Well)

Cherry Road:    From I17/I10: 84mi
                From 101/I17: 70 mi

Flatiron:       From I17/I10: 57mi
                From 101/202: 71mi

Sentinel:       From I17/I10: 98mi
                From 101/202: 112mi

Antennas:       From I17/I10: 92mi
                From 101/202: 106mi

I'd definitely advise NOT to take Stoneman lake road to 5MM. Although it
save about 35 miles in travel, it 25 miles of washboard dirt road. Andrew &
I can speak from experience having driven it while geocaching. 


Rick Tejera 
President 
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org


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Subject: [sac-forum] Observing Site Distances

Distances to observing sites (straight-line from downtown Phoenix):

                        Dark    Drive
    Site        Dist    Dist    Dist    Direction

    Antennae    89mi    79mi    91mi    W
    5mi Meadow  98mi    73mi    144mi   N
    Sentinel    77mi    67mi    99mi    SW
    Cherry Rd   75mi    55mi    84mi    N
    Flatiron    48mi    38mi    60mi    WNW
    Vekol Rd    47mi    37mi    68mi    S
    Boyce Thomp 55mi    33mi    62mi    E
    Stone Haven 35mi    25mi    48mi    S

Dark distance measured from 101 and 202 freeways, except the Carefree
Highway was used for sites to the north.

Drive distance is from the I-10/I-17 interchange ("the Stack").  Mile posts
142/200 respectively.

The distance for 5mi Meadow is estimated, has anyone recorded the actual
distances?  If Stoneman Lake Rd were passable, it would only reduce the
mileage by 8 to 12 miles (the greater savings if you approached the site
directly from Happy Jack).

Please post if you have more accurate driving distances.

        -Paul

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