Well, I had hoped to illustrate this with aerial shots but today's weather nixed that idea. :( On 03 Sep 2013, at 06:12, Ed wrote:
Re: Hiking to the 61A arrow at Lakepoint.
Until Patrick posts specific hiking directions,
About the best directions I could post would be to drive to the base of the hill and hike up. Oh, and look both ways before walking across the railroad tracks. :) Even with my Social-Security-eligible old bones it was just a 20 minute hike up with backpack, camera bag and tripod. Half that to get down. But not recommended if one is uncomfortable with or unable to handle fairly steep slopes and scree.
Re: The road up to the SFO-SLC 57 arrow at exit 62.
I think the original road followed a much gentler curving climb at the southwest end of the ridge, but is no longer used because of the 4WD "short cut" straight up the hill.
My poor little 4 cylinder, 2 wheel drive pickup and I took one look at the short cut and we both started to tremble. So the truck got to rest in the pasture at the bottom of the hill and I hiked to the top. No more than half an hour to get to the arrow. Really enjoyable out there with the only reminder of "civilization" being sounds from the freeway down below. Regarding the site at the next exit (49) as I and Daniel have both mentioned there's not much there. I did find a bottle like the one here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/125354373/antique-vintage-glass-bottle-clear There are two more locations in the Salt Flats I still want to check out as well as one on the Wendover airport and two others near Wendover. Also I checked the site of the beacon that Brent said stood near the old Tooele airport but the GPS coordinates took me to what is now the parking lot for a technical school. Hoping for flyable weather soon, patrick