Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TopoZone - Washington quad county point<br/>
Date: Apr 04, 2002 @ 05:06<br/>
Author: Jack Parsell (&quot;Jack Parsell&quot; &lt;jparsell@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1642410858">Michael,<br/>
I agree that it is not highly probable that there is a little pool <br/>
of water in the pass with the water having difficulty deciding <br/>
which way to descend, although I&#39;ve seen that in the Adirondacks. <br/>
The distance between the 4920 ft. contour lines on each side of the <br/>
pass is less than 200 ft. and the drainages line up cartographically,  <br/>
but I guess a single precise point is too much to hope for.  It looks <br/>
like pretty rough terrain with 2000 ft gain in elevation from the <br/>
nearest paved road so I don&#39;t plan to check it out. It would be <br/>
nice to know though.<br/>
Jack <br/>
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Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: TopoZone - Washington quad county point<br/>
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<br/>
jack <br/>
i still like this just as much but my nearsightedness had missed the <br/>
fact that these are 2 opposite watersheds descending from that pass<br/>
for i was imagining it was just one river running thru a gap<br/>
oops<br/>
<br/>
now that you have said this tho <br/>
i have to think a purely fiat quadripoint is technically as unlikely <br/>
here as on that mountaintop in france without a little fudging or <br/>
coaxing<br/>
because it is almost inconceivable that 2 sawanaboris should ascend <br/>
to meet at a single precise point along a crest line <br/>
but they would by their nature produce 2 distinct fiat tripoints <br/>
however close together<br/>
m<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Jack Parsell&quot; &lt;jparsell@n...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; This quad-county point of King - Kittitas - Pierce - Yakima<br/>
&gt; counties is at N 47  05&#39; 14&quot;, W 121  22&#39; 42&quot; at Naches Pass at<br/>
&gt; about 4920 ft.  National Forest Development Rd.#70 from Naches <br/>
&gt; Pass Campground runs to within a little over a mile from the <br/>
&gt; quad-point.  The Naches Trail and a jeep road cross the pass and <br/>
&gt; the Pacific Crest trail passes about 1/2 mile west. It appears <br/>
&gt; the King-Kittitas and Pierce-Yakima lines are on a ridge. The <br/>
&gt; King-Pierce line is the beginning of Meadow Creek drainage and <br/>
&gt; the Kittitas-Yakima line is the beginning of Middle Fork Little <br/>
&gt; Naches River drainage. Thus it is an intersection of a ridge <br/>
&gt; line and two drainages all of which are natural features.  <br/>
&gt; I belive that is what David was looking for.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Jack </span></blockquote></div>