Union County Highpoint Trip Report
Date: April 2, 2007
Authors: Sue Ann Miller and Frank Price
one area 1,500 feet south of Diamond Hill Church (560+ ft)
Previous reports for this area are still valid although there was a
"No Trespassing" sign hanging from a chain gate across the right-of-way path
that runs between homes to the water tower. We suspect that inconsiderate visits of
suburban youth have prompted increased attempts by adjacent homeowners to
discourage visits to water tower behind their homes.
one area 3/4 mile southeast of Hillview School (560+ ft)
We concur with previous speculation that this area was graded down during
creation of the sports fields and that it no longer qualifies as a high point.
We would suspect that a pitcher's mound was manmade and comparison of the
TopoZone map and Google Earth images suggests that it is not located within the
contour anyway. The highest contour on topo maps was most likely in the
now-graded outfields. Like previous visitors, we walked around the potential high
areas but these all appeared to be lower than the grounds around the main school
building that are shown lower on the topo and were not within the former highest
closed contour.