Blackford County High Point Trip Report
Date: December 19, 2001
Author: Bob Schwab
From the center of Hartford City, drive east on State Route 26. Continue east for 2.2 miles after you cross
the railroad tracks on the eastern side of town, and watch for county road 300 E. Turn right (south) on
300 E Road and proceed 1 mile to the intersection with 100 S Road. Continue south for another 0.25 mile and
note the yellow house on your right. This is the home of Rodney Willhite, who owns the property on which
all three sites are located. Mr Willhite was not home, but I did meet and got permission to visit from his
mother-in-law who lives in a trailer behind the house. The first area is immediately south of the house and
reaches across a cornfield to spill over onto the east side of the road. The spot elevation site (962 feet) is on
the west edge of the cornfield near the woods. While this area did seem pretty high, my hand level indicated
that the western edge of the road (300 E) was of similar height.
Area 2 is a small, hard-to-detect contour in the field to the northwest of Mr. Wilhite's outbuildings, and it
clearly appears to be lower than area 1.
To visit area 3, drive north from the Wilhite house to 100 S Road and turn left (west). Proceed for 0.45
mile to a house on the right with a large parking lot in front (Montgomery, 2509 100 S Road).
Mrs. Montgomery permitted me to park my van on her property, and I hiked south across the bean field to the
third area.
Since you can't sight from area 3 to area 1, I don't know which is higher, so plan to visit both and time your
visit to coincide with when the fields are barren.