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David K
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What do you consider 'Central Baja California'? A poll for fun:
Here are 4 possibilities for the northern point of 'Central Baja'. With such a wide 'empty' area south of the Loreto area, it seemed logical to make
the area around Loreto (Ligüí) the southern point.
We can do a second poll asking for different southern points once we get a consensus on the northern point!
To help you visualize Baja, a map:
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Bajaboy
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El Rosario to Santa Rosalia
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David K
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Very good... but too soon...
From above: "We can do a second poll asking for different southern points once we get a consensus on the northern point!"
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Bajazly
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From an east coast perspective, San Luis Gonzaga for the northern limit.
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Bajazly, August 2019
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David K
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Maybe El Rosario/ Gonzaga Bay for the northern to central Baja transition, then?
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Bajazly
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Cataviña Gonzaga is a good line.
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Bajazly, August 2019
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freediverbrian
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When driving south I feel I'm in "Baja" when I'm south of San Felipe to the east and El Rosario to the west.
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HeyMulegeScott
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To me it's either Baja California or Baja California Sur. I think the maps will back me up.
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David K
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Yes, but since that silly article about 'artsy' towns in central Baja, I thought it would be fun to see what Nomads consider 'central Baja'.
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I put a straight edge on the Benchmark Baja map, from Tecate to Los Cabos, and Vizcaino is almost exactly at the mid point!
So if Vizcaino is the center of Baja, how big is the circle around it going to be that defines "central" Baja?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | I put a straight edge on the Benchmark Baja map, from Tecate to Los Cabos, and Vizcaino is almost exactly at the mid point!
So if Vizcaino is the center of Baja, how big is the circle around it going to be that defines "central" Baja? |
Well, the peninsula is close to 800 miles long... if we do it evenly, the north could be down 200 miles from the border and the south could be 200
miles up from the tip. The center would be 200 miles out (north and south) from Vizcaino.
[Edited on 10-5-2021 by David K]
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Bajazly
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Split evenly, Chapala to the south end of Bahia Concepcion.
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David K
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Yep, Baja split into 1/3s.
I just think Central Baja deserves more area, LOL!
Boojum trees were my sign I was away from civilization, beyond the power grid and phone lines, going south... the "real Baja" LOL. So, they are seen
just south of El Rosario and south of Gonzaga Bay. I also think of Loreto, San Javier, and Comondú as being north of the "southern part" of Baja (Mag
Bay, La Paz, and Los Cabos).
As I mentioned to Bajaboy, another poll is needed for the southern line.
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mtgoat666
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I consider vizcaino biosphere reserve area the central area.
State border seems like a good “center” point too.
Geographic provinces may be a better conceptual framework for discussion…
[Edited on 10-5-2021 by mtgoat666]
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AKgringo
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Maybe another way to view it is; anything more than a hard day's drive south of the border, or north of Los Cabos is "Central Baja"?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | I put a straight edge on the Benchmark Baja map, from Tecate to Los Cabos, and Vizcaino is almost exactly at the mid point!
So if Vizcaino is the center of Baja, how big is the circle around it going to be that defines "central" Baja? |
Well, the peninsula is close to 800 miles long... if we do it evenly, the north could be down 200 miles from the border and the south could be 200
miles up from the tip. The center would be 200 miles out (north and south) from Vizcaino.
[Edited on 10-5-2021 by David K] |
Wouldn't that add up to 600 miles?
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David K
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200 miles out from Vizcaino north and south is 400 miles. Radius x 2 = total width. 400 center + 200 north + 200 south = 800.
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David K
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Want me to post his map?
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BajaMama
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South of El Rosario and north of La Paz. The good parts!!
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David K
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Agree! But, Ciudad Constitución and that Magdalena Plain don't excite me too much! To the east, Mission San Luis Gonzaga, La Pasión, and Dolores on
to San Evaristo is cool, however.
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