Sturgeon Rock trail?

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Sarah
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Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by Sarah » July 27th, 2021, 7:23 pm

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Does the Sturgeon Rock trail that connects from Silver Star to the Tarbell trail still exist? Last I did it was 2015, but it’s not on the current DNR map.

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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by Chip Down » July 28th, 2021, 6:48 am

Yep. It's an old rocky road, so it will persist for many years to come.

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Post by Born2BBrad » July 28th, 2021, 1:37 pm

Also, Sturgeon Rock is mislabeled on just about every map, including the one you used for this post. It's directly to the north of Silver Star, not to the west.
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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by jvangeld » July 28th, 2021, 1:44 pm

The fin shaped rock is correctly labeled on Sarah's map. Incorrect maps put it even further to the West.

https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Sturgeon_Rock
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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by adamschneider » July 28th, 2021, 2:07 pm

jvangeld wrote:
July 28th, 2021, 1:44 pm
The fin shaped rock is correctly labeled on Sarah's map. Incorrect maps put it even further to the West.
Yup. And those wrong maps also misplace Pyramid Rock.

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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by Born2BBrad » July 28th, 2021, 2:14 pm

jvangeld wrote:
July 28th, 2021, 1:44 pm
The fin shaped rock is correctly labeled on Sarah's map. Incorrect maps put it even further to the West.

https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Sturgeon_Rock
OMG it’s finally been fixed! I was so used to it being wrong for so long. Still, I bet not every map has been updated.
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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by adamschneider » July 28th, 2021, 2:18 pm

Born2BBrad wrote:
July 28th, 2021, 2:14 pm
OMG it’s finally been fixed! I was so used to it being wrong for so long. Still, I bet not every map has been updated.
It's still wrong on USGS quads. It's been fixed on OpenStreetMap for several years, and that's where a lot of other sources get their data from.

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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by Don Nelsen » July 28th, 2021, 3:03 pm

When I contacted the USGS over 15 years ago to get this changed, I had no idea how long the process was going to be. I also requested that Pyramid Rock's location be corrected but they weren't as interested in that, so that error persists. They acknowledged Pyramid's incorrect location was a "likely error" but I didn't persist after the long process with Sturgeon.

It was nearly two years before the error was finally fixed and I got a letter stating the database would be corrected on future maps.

Here's an article from the Columbian newspaper, May 13th, 2006, telling some of the story. Page one, no less!
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Re: Sturgeon Rock trail?

Post by Sarah » July 28th, 2021, 6:20 pm

Chip Down wrote:
July 28th, 2021, 6:48 am
Yep. It's an old rocky road, so it will persist for many years to come.

Great…thank you!

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