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The Geographic Center

Source info:

Author: Silver Fox
Date: 2012-01-19 16:15:00
Blog: Looking for Detachment
URL: http://highway8a.blogspot.com/2012/01/geographic-center.html

Summary:

While returning from a recent recon trip out in the middle of nowhere, driving back to Highway 50 on another endless Nevada dirt road — in this case the Monitor Valley Road, AKA the Old Belmont or Belmont Road — MOH and I came across this sign marking the approximate location of the Geographic Center of Nevada.I say approximate because several different lat-lon locations can be found here and

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
BelmontUS38.5938-116.877
NevadaUS38.502-117.023

Keywords:

82, approximate location, b+r, Belmont Road, different lat-lon locations, dirt, Geographic Center, Monitor Valley Road, Nevada dirt road, Old Belmont, recent recon trip, recon

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