King William County Highpoint Trip Report

two points (210+ ft)

Date: May 11, 2004
Author: John Garner

I accessed this county through many turns on county roads from the King & Queen CoHP but the easiest access is direct from I-95 Exit 99, SR-30. Both hp's are directly along this road, near the community of Calno, about 9 miles east of I-95.

Note: this hp is very likely a "close enough" one. The entire area containing both hp areas is very, very flat, and completely overgrown with young trees and brush. It is absolutely impossible to determine exactly where the natural hp was or where it is now. Leveling is useless, and it would have taken weeks to survey the place out and find the exact hp. Also, it's highly likely that the original USGS surveyors probably got things "close enough" as well.

The two areas shown on the topo are fairly close to pavement. The western area is reached off an old logging road (not posted); the eastern area is between two houses off 601, which leads south from SR-30 in Calno.

I made a good-faith effort in both cases, grinding my way through the woods and gridding out the area as best I could. I consider it done; if you are a complete and total purist, plan on taking half a day to grid this one to make sure. I wandered around for an hour on one and thirty minutes on the other, and called it good.