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#10 is San Felipe. Someone guessed Pete's camp but I guess not Close enough for this game.
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#5
the lat/long you are giving us is at the highest point of the Cuesta.
All "walls" are on the downhill side about 3/4 mile away
at your location no wall features are visible
they are first found here: 28.375926°, -113.105787°
"wall" visible as seen below
several more follow east from there
28.375396°, -113.102407°
28.374301°, -113.075278°
28.379019°, -113.075074°
28.373842°, -113.072767°
28.375943°, -113.086850°
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David K
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Maybe I was too harsh? Pete's camp was the guess and that is a very specific spot, so I said that was too far north, and so it was... The photo is on
San Felipe Bay and that is between Punta El Machorro (aka Punta San Felipe) and Punta Estrella.
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  | #5
the lat/long you are giving us is at the highest point of the Cuesta.
All "walls" are on the downhill side about 3/4 mile away
at your location no wall features are visible
they are first found here: 28.375926°, -113.105787°
"wall" visible as seen below
several more follow east from there
28.375396°, -113.102407°
28.374301°, -113.075278°
28.379019°, -113.075074°
28.373842°, -113.072767°
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On my Google Earth, the crosshairs were on the wall...?? I guess our computers are seeing a difference?
[Edited on 6-10-2022 by David K]
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#6 Road to La Mision San Francisco Borja
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Indeed it is! The north road to the mission, traveling south in the photo.
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We need hints for #1, 3, & 9?
#1 is in Baja (Norte), once the major north-south road on that side of the peninsula, and a frequent checkpoint and pit location for the 1000.
#3 is in Baja Sur, a popular place for pangas to off-load their catch, and an interesting church is nearby.
#9 is in Baja (Norte), on a side road to a bay and some mysterious walls.
MORE HINTS:
#1 got its name (for the road junction) from a small business here selling gas, before the highway was built in 1973. It was the south end of the most
common used "gulf route" (1958- 1983) that is now Hwy. 5, using a different route since 1983.
#3 Fishermen use this place as it is very sheltered and an old church nearby was restored a few years ago.
#9 A dead end road to a beautiful beach location. Seasonal fish camp. The Dana Point High School marine biology class used to come here on Spring
break.
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | We need hints for #1, 3, & 9?
#1 is in Baja (Norte), once the major north-south road on that side of the peninsula, and a frequent checkpoint and pit location for the 1000.
#3 is in Baja Sur, a popular place for pangas to off-load their catch, and an interesting church is nearby.
#9 is in Baja (Norte), on a side road to a bay and some mysterious walls.
MORE HINTS:
#1 got its name (for the road junction) from a small business here selling gas, before the highway was built in 1973. It was the south end of the most
common used "gulf route" (1958- 1983) that is now Hwy. 5, using a different route since 1983.
#3 Fishermen use this place as it is very sheltered and an old church nearby was restored a few years ago.
#9 A dead end road to a beautiful beach location. Seasonal fish camp. The Dana Point High School marine biology class used to come here on Spring
break. |
#9 Bahia Las Animas
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Mateo-Feo | | Quote: Originally posted by David K | We need hints for #1, 3, & 9?
#1 is in Baja (Norte), once the major north-south road on that side of the peninsula, and a frequent checkpoint and pit location for the 1000.
#3 is in Baja Sur, a popular place for pangas to off-load their catch, and an interesting church is nearby.
#9 is in Baja (Norte), on a side road to a bay and some mysterious walls.
MORE HINTS:
#1 got its name (for the road junction) from a small business here selling gas, before the highway was built in 1973. It was the south end of the most
common used "gulf route" (1958- 1983) that is now Hwy. 5, using a different route since 1983.
#3 Fishermen use this place as it is very sheltered and an old church nearby was restored a few years ago.
#9 A dead end road to a beautiful beach location. Seasonal fish camp. The Dana Point High School marine biology class used to come here on Spring
break. |
#9 Bahia Las Animas |
Correct! 
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Your latest hints narrow down the options for #3. It must be San Roque!
I spent a couple of nights camped out in front of the old church before it was restored.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | Your latest hints narrow down the options for #3. It must be San Roque!
I spent a couple of nights camped out in front of the old church before it was restored. |
It is!
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#1 -- What is "La Curva" for 1000 David?
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Sorry... but at least you put in the form of a question! 
It is a typical name for a road junction. There was a ranch (using the same name) located just out of sight of the highway but was abandoned in 2016
when we drove past it.
Edit: Here are the two hints, again:
#1 is in Baja (Norte), once the major north-south road on that side of the peninsula, and a frequent checkpoint and pit location for the 1000.
#1 got its name (for the road junction) from a small business here selling gas, before the highway was built in 1973. It was the south end of the most
common used "gulf route" (1958- 1983) that is now Hwy. 5, using a different route since 1983.
[Edited on 7-7-2022 by David K]
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Oh gawd, please tell me it's not Coco's Corner. I feel stupid
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No... but you can see the old maps from AAA (1974-2000) that give the name... as I said, it is the SOUTH END of the GULF ROUTE prior to 1983 (when
they bulldozed the road from Laguna Chapala to the road in question, south of Gonzaga Bay, where Coco's first Corner would be set up many years
later). There was a poor, 4x4 road from/ to Laguna Chapala before they built a new one by 1983.
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OK, let's put this one to bed... The south end of the former gulf road and a frequent checkpoint or pit location for the Baja 1000 is EL CRUCERO.
Here it is on a 1975 guidebook map:
[Edited on 7-8-2022 by David K]
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I did not connect that junction with any name, even though I have been through there several times (as recently as Nov 2021)
That photo looks like so many other places in Baja, it would be hard to make a positive ID of it.
It was a fun game, just a little tougher than some of your other sets of photos!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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I thought maybe #1 was the Sierra la Asemblea! Usually am too lazy to log on here and post a reply. El Crucero is shown on most older maps, but the
new Benchmark Atlas does not show it. Benchmark dropped a quite a few of the old historic ranchos shown on the BCA and INEGI maps.
[Edited on 7-8-2022 by bajaric]
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajaric | I thought maybe #1 was the Sierra la Asemblea! Usually am too lazy to log on here and post a reply. El Crucero is shown on most older maps, but the
new Benchmark Atlas does not show it. Benchmark dropped a quite a few of the old historic ranchos shown on the BCA and INEGI maps.
[Edited on 7-8-2022 by bajaric] |
Well, the mountain in the background is!
Since El Crucero is no longer there, the ranch was abandoned, it didn't strike me as an urgent need to add the name back to the spot. The base map is
from INEGI and I made suggestions for additions or edits. We can very easily add El Crucero to that spot, just with a suggestion to Benchmark for the
second edition.
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