13-Jul-2024 -- Having visiting many Degree Confluence Points, I’ve found that the point itself is often not particularly interesting. Instead, it’s the surrounding region that makes the point worth a visit. Such is the case for this ‘forgotten’ Degree Confluence Point (last visited 18 years ago). The point belongs to the “steep forested slope” archetype; many other points look just like it. But the drive along the nearby Clackamus River Road, enroute to the point, was especially scenic. I’m glad I found a reason to come here.

At [45.03332,-122.05919], I turned off the Clackamus River Road, and almost immediately turned left onto (gravel) Peat Creek Road. Then, at [45.00997,-122.02054], I turned left onto Granite Road. Finally, at [45.00098,-122.01190] I turned left onto another (narrower) gravel road, which passes just 0.15 miles West of the point. Unfortunately, this 0.15 miles was quite difficult, as I had to hike down a steep hillside, strewn with downed trees. Fortunately the point itself lay on a part of the hill which wasn’t as steep, which made it possible to (eventually) get ‘all zeros’.

As I was leaving the point, I discovered that it was not as ‘forgotten’ as I had thought, because I found a sign with a ‘geocache’ box (ugh!). Several people had recorded a visit to the geocache since the last recorded DCP visit in 2006.

The tree cover made it impossible to fly my drone from the point itself; instead, I flew it from the nearby road, and hovered over the point to get photos and a video. Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.