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The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Sky Trail


The file abskytrail.txt contains the 15 recommended waypoints to follow the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Sky Trail described in Pilot Getaways magazine.

For a description and map of the tour, see the sidebar on page 39 of the September/October 2006 issue. The Sky Trail was developed to give pilots and their passengers a chance to enjoy the natural and historic features of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, some of which can only be seen from the air. The guide books were written by former state park pilot Jon Meunch and are available at the State Park Visitor Center store for $4, (760) 767-4961.

GPS waypoints make your navigation a lot easier. You can download the waypoints as a text file, or you can enter them manually from the table below.

Download GPS waypoints:

The route in Tab Delimited Text format and the Readme text file.

(Note: Clicking on the above links will bring up the text document automatically. Windows users can right-mouse-click on the links and select "Save Target As" or"Save Link As" to download the file. Macintosh users can click and hold until another menu pops up, giving you the option to download.)

The Waypoints and Coordinates:

If you cannot upload coordinates into your GPS and need to do so manually, the waypoints are listed below:


ID

LatD

LatM

N/S

LonD

LonM

E/W

ABST01

33

16.71

N

116

5.74

W

ABST02

33

0.73

N

116

6.90

W

ABST03

32

58.55

N

116

11.68

W

ABST04

33

0.28

N

116

4.45

W

ABST05

32

55.82

N

116

3.39

W

ABST06

32

45.64

N

116

3.20

W

ABST07

32

50.69

N

116

9.74

W

ABST08

32

52.95

N

116

12.39

W

ABST09

32

56.58

N

116

18.42

W

ABST10

32

59.39

N

116

25.68

W

ABST11

33

5.79

N

116

28.59

W

ABST12

33

19.29

N

116

34.00

W

ABST13

33

27.43

N

116

35.47

W

ABST14

33

23.79

N

116

25.44

W

ABST15

33

24.68

N

116

20.86

W



Meanings of columns in the above table:

ID: Six-character waypoint ID.

Name: Name of the waypoint.

LatD: Whole degrees of latitude of the waypoint.

LatM: Minutes and tenths of minutes of latitude of the waypoint (e.g. "42.3").

N/S: Always "N" to signify north latitude (required by some GPS programs).

LonD: Whole degrees of longitude of the waypoint.

LonM: Minutes and tenths of minutes of longitude of the waypoint (e.g. "25.3").

E/W: Always "W" to signify west longitude (required by some GPS programs).