I realized I had a couple more pictures of the NJE shoreline area.
One faces south and the other faces west. The southward facing photo
shows some rocks I would estimate to be 150 feet downstream from
NJNE. The smokestacks of the Yonkers power plant are
directly in line with them and 3.17 miles distant. The line runs
2.61 degrees east of south. The photo caught part of the flat
boulder adjacent to NJNE so I seem to have been leaning against it or
at least standing very close to it. Doing the trigonometry, we get
150sin(2.61) or 6.83 feet as the distance east the rocks are from the
camera position. So if was standing more than 6.83 feet shoreward of
NJNE then it must be promoted to NJE. If less, then I at least have
a picture of NJE taken from NJNE. If equal then it's a draw and New
Jersey must be placed in the same category as Wyoming or Colorado,
but probably only for this attribute :)
The west-facing photo certainly encompasses Station Rock. I have
been peering at it until my eyes are sore. I guess it's time to
break out the scanning electron microscope for a really close look.
Unfortunately all of the rocks here are part of a diorite formation
that breaks apart into hexagonal columns that look just like
monuments.
BJB
> ahh very neat
>
> no tidal bore here
>
> i have passed thru the spot & down & up those cliffs in youthful
bliss &
> ignorance
>
> certainly never saw nor imagined station rock in those days
> where i now realize the turn point actually is
> & not there at the shoreline point
>
> very neat
>
> >Well, I was strongly influenced by the fact that the other
> >projections are west of the northeast corner of NJ. This is the
case
> >according to close measurement on my Topo! CD-ROM and is verified
in
> >the field. I think some of the rocks shown on the map are
submerged
> >at high tide, which is when I was there evidently. I don't know
what
> >the tidal range is here, but maybe a foot.
> >
> >By the way, does your voucher imply that you have been to this spot
> >and, if so, did you have any luck finding Station Rock?
> >
> >BJB
>
> but hey then what about that unsubmerged car at dry nys
>
> just joking of course