additional research locations at area 51?, page 1

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i'd honestly search google

if you haven't already ...

reply to post by hiii_98

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I'm not entirely sure what you are looking for? What kind of flights?

Dave KMZ

Dave GPX

These links (first a KMZ, the second a GPX for your GPS) take you to a spot where Dave Simms used to watch the range. [It's not the spot where they spread his ashes.] This is more appropriate for weapons school, but you might see other stuff. You can see the Cedar Ranch area from all sorts of locations, but you stick out like a wart on the landscape. This spot is a bit more stealthy. I don't think you will get a dude visit though.

The general area is a place where the aircraft often break the sound barrier.

so i've been poking around looking at other potential hotspots and i'm not quite sure if this is within the NTR borders.. i want to make sure i'm safe and on public land. The location is called Mount Diablo (creepy huh?)... it appears to be next to the border and from what i can tell on google earth offers and EXCELLENT view of area 52. Can anyone share the pros and cons of this location? Also almost looks like it has a nice turnaround parking lot on top of the mountain so no need to even hike! I want to campout overnight and i'm starting to realize area 52 might be hotter than area 51 if you really want to see some exotic planes.

link to map of location

[edit on 8-3-2009 by hiii_98]

reply to post by hiii_98

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What are the co-ords on Dialblo, I am trying to locate it. I too am planning a trip this spring, and have been looking for alternative locals other than Tikaboo (sp?)

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Yep, I am braindead today...lol, I don't know about getting to that small mountain range, hell it's right next to the TTP airport....

The iphone is GSM. It might work at Mt. Diablo, but I think it won't. I have GSM, and it dropped out about half way done the road to the base. I don't recall trying to use it on Diablo.

I made this GSM overlay for google earth:
www.lazygranch.com/google_earth/other/gsm.kmz

final four

Sorry about the grain, but everything was pretty far away.

To get to Mt. Diabo, you can park next to it and do a short hike, or carefully take a road to the top. This road does not cross the border. I was met by DOE security while on Mt. Diablo and the guy couldn't have been nicer. USAF security (perhaps a contractor) was another story. No contact, but the guy went around writing down license plate numbers. The DOE guard, being nice, got our names, which we freely volunteered.

Here is the KMZ of the route
Mt. Diablo

If you have a GPS (and you should have one), here is the GPX file.
www.lazygranch.com...
Mt Diablo GPX

I think the forum is going to make it hard to download that GPX.
As a last resort, try this:
/cjhd2b
tiny url

You need to do a save-as to get the file into your GPS.

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