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Most states you can see in one place?

Started by woodpusher, December 05, 2015, 04:27:52 PM

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Rothman

Speaking of towers, there's a tower on the Mohawk Trail (MA 2) just west of Greenfield that claims a "4 State Long View."  I wouldn't be surprised in the thing is closed to the public now, but I think it's still there:

https://goo.gl/maps/CrhhfL6Crs22

Always thought it was kind of an odd place for it, since the hill still rises on the other side of the road from it (i.e., how much can you really see over that rise?).

There's another one up on the summit east of North Adams that probably at one time had a much longer view, but the trees have grown up around it a bit:

https://goo.gl/maps/iSFHccAaX9k

Don't know why, but that one seems less kitschy to me than the long view one.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.


Pete from Boston

That Long View tower had a camper/trailer dealer at it for a while, with other locations in the region with pictures of that tower on their signa.  It has looked somewhere between unsafe and closed the last few times I was there.

jmd41280

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Along the Lincoln Hwy (US 30) outside Schellsburg, PA, there was a hotel on Allegheny Mountain known as the Grandview Point Hotel, or the Ship of the Alleghenies.  It was advertised that you could "See 3 States and 7 Counties" (PA, MD, WV) from it.  It eventually fell into disrepair, and it burned down in 2001.

http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/LH/grandview.htm

Here are some photos I took from the site in 2010...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/albums/72157625021606136
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CNGL-Leudimin

The place I've been the closest to see a state is Cape Finisterre (almost the Westernmost point in Spain, actually nearby Cape Touriñán is a bit further West), and still I wasn't able to see any state.

Anyway, I've found they have stretched the meaning of 'far, far away' to the extreme :sombrero:.
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Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 09, 2016, 03:19:38 PM
The place I've been the closest to see a state is Cape Finisterre (almost the Westernmost point in Spain, actually nearby Cape Touriñán is a bit further West), and still I wasn't able to see any state.

Anyway, I've found they have stretched the meaning of 'far, far away' to the extreme :sombrero:.
That's not far far away if Voyager 1 hasn't made it there yet. Until it goes through the Oort Cloud.
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