Fulton County High Point Trip Report

Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Dick Ellsworth

A tricky one to find all the HPs, I did this one at the end of the day.

The HPs begin with HP1 right in Farmington. At the intersections of the main drags in Farmington, drive east on E Fort Street. Turn left (north) on N Brebner St at 0.7 mile and go a block to E Stone Street. You'll see the water towers on the north side of the road - they're above HP1. Turn left (west) on Stone and continue to Hedden (Pedden?). Park here, you are at the tower that is built on HP1. If this is confusing, don't sweat it, it's obvious when you are standing there! I walked around the fence of the tower that sits at Stone and Hedden and was pretty sure I'd touched high ground.

Now, for the others. Go back to the main drag intersection and continue west through the crossing. At 0.3 mile turn left (south) on S Fairview Road and zero odometer. You'll see Oak Ridge Cemetery on the east and railroad tracks on the west side of the road if you are on target. At 1.0 mile cross over the tracks. At 1.7 mile, signed CO 24, stay on the main blacktop. At 4.0 miles turn left (south) on CO 39. At approximately 0.6 mile from intersection you'll see a house on the left side of the road with some really neat windmills in the yard. The mailbox says "32205." Turn in here, HP2 is in their back yard. I spoke with Karen for permission - she seemed a bit edgy, probably thought I was some kind of mental escapee. But walked to the mound then got back in my car after I thanked her. She thought Mt Piscah near Ellisville was the HP. I have never checked this out.

HP3 was a foot dragger about 0.5 mile from the mailbox and before the AT&T microwave tower. I walked around the tower for some reason, wasting precious light. The tower is 1.2 miles from the mailbox, if you've gone that far without dragging your foot, go back.

The last HP is probably the highest of the three. Fading light and no hand level made it tough to tell for sure. At 1.8 miles from the 32205 mailbox there is a fence row going west into the field. I walked out into the field and did a grid there for 15 minutes.

Then back to car and drove to intersection of CO 39 and CO 17 (the east-west road on the map with the industrial waste pond). I turned west on CO 17 and drove 1/2 mile to Coal Road, there's a radio tower on the south side of the road before the turn. Turned right (north) and about 0.4 mile north I parked and followed another fence out east into the field. Mumbled obscenities and watched the last fading light as I made another good faith effort.

You can follow CO 17 east to the HWY 78; it is about 2 miles to get there. You'll pass Norris about 0.3 mile before 78. It's a faster way to get back on your journey to wherever you are going next. Where CO 17 hits 78 it's called E Division Street.