Dale Hill
California 2000 Center of Population
Surprise Survey Mark Recovery! I always like survey mark recoveries that aren't on my radar, marks I stumble upon when not expecting to...
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Dale Hill
- Aug 19
- 11 min
Mount Diablo Initial Point
Mount Diablo Initial Point is the starting point for establishing land boundaries throughout most of Northern California and all of Nevada.
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Dale Hill
- Jun 17
- 4 min
Scripps Institution of Oceanography SMASH
Original SMASH: September 11, 2021. This was a return visit to La Jolla to find marks that were only recently added to the NGS Database!
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Dale Hill
- Jun 10
- 8 min
Yuha Desert SMASH
October 16, 2021, Searching for Survey Marks in the Yuha Desert and surrounding area. 42 Recoveries and a great day spent in the Desert!
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Dale Hill
- Jun 10
- 4 min
Carrizo Mountain On A Whim
Setting my way-back machine to February 2022, this is a trip report from an impromptu hike up Carrizo Mountain to recover a few survey marks
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Dale Hill
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Trans Catalina Trail - Departure Day
What an amazing week! My Trans Catalina Trail thru-hike was done. I hike more than 50 miles & found 18 survey marks! A success all around!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 26
- 10 min
TCT Day 5: Parsons Landing to Two Harbors
Trans Catalina Trail Day 5. From a steep climb up Fence Line Road to bison walking through my camp right outside my tent, what a day!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 25
- 10 min
TCT Day 4: Two Harbors to Parsons Landing
Trans Catalina Trail Day 4. Today is like an active rest day; I am hiking West End Road, the coastal road, to Parsons Landing.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 24
- 7 min
TCT Day 3: Little Harbor to Two Harbors
Trans Catalina Trail Day 3. Today I am midway through my hike and have a few survey marks to look for as I head toward Two Harbors.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 23
- 4 min
TCT Day 2: Black Jack to Little Harbor
Trans Catalina Day 2. After much climbing yesterday, today promises to be mostly downhill after lunch at the Catalina Airport in the Sky.
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Dale Hill
- Jan 22
- 8 min
TCT Day 1: Hermit Gulch to Black Jack
Trans Catalina Trail Day 1, The journey begins! Hermit Gulch to Black Jack campground, my longest day with the most vertical gain!
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Dale Hill
- Jan 21
- 14 min
Trans Catalina Trail - Arrival Day
I arrived in Avalon today for a week of hiking the Trans Catalina Trail; follow me daily on my thru-hike on beautiful Santa Catalina Island.
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Dale Hill
- Aug 27, 2022
- 13 min
Eastern Sierra SMASH
This article covers all of the survey marks I recovered during my week-long backpacking & camping trip to Lone Pine & Mt. Whitney.
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Dale Hill
- Aug 25, 2022
- 33 min
Mt. Whitney First-timer
My first summit of Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the Continental U.S., couldn't have gone any better! The 3-Day trip was Awesome!
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Dale Hill
- Aug 7, 2022
- 13 min
Yosemite SMASH
I can't go anywhere without looking for Survey Marks 🤣 I found 38 survey marks on my week-long vacation to Yosemite, read on to learn more!
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Dale Hill
- Jul 21, 2022
- 17 min
Half Dome via The Cables
Conquering the Cables! It was a long day, 16.68 miles over 16 hours on trail, with 5,020 feet of vertical gain, but what a thrill to summit!
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Dale Hill
- Jun 4, 2022
- 15 min
Revisiting "Old Baldy"
My annual return to Mount San Antonio "Old Baldy" as part of the SoCal 6POP Challenge & a second attempt at finding the mark on West Baldy.
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Dale Hill
- May 28, 2022
- 17 min
Salton Sea SMASH
250-Mile Road trip around the Salton Sea searching for Survey Marks! Check all 47 recoveries & insight into the "hunting" process!
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Dale Hill
- Apr 15, 2022
- 9 min
Good Friday SMASH
Survey Mark Recovery: Locate, Photo-Document, Verify the condition of Survey Marks, and report results to the NGS, a day well spent! 😊👍🏻
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Dale Hill
- Mar 19, 2022
- 15 min
#95 - Sawtooth Mountain High Point
What an adventure! 16.7 miles, 3,831 feet of vertical gain, a boulder-strewn mountain side with lots of Class 3 bouldering & Type 2 fun!
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