Giles County High Point Trip Report
Date: June 13, 1999
Author: Andy Martin
(Also consult the report for Maury County TN as these two counties share some confusing
highpoint areas.)
On the map it looked like access was not a problem with these,
but in reality the opposite was true. The first area is right by the "F" on Flanigan Hill
on the map. A house sits right by the road, and I hollered a bit, but it seemed
no one was home. I'd wandered to the back yard before the homeowner emerged,
a friendly black gentleman. We talked about the confusing county lines in the area,
and I wandered around some more behind the residence.
The next area is near the right edge of the map. It has a trailer home on it.
It looked like a least 4 adults lived in the trailed. A man in the front yard told me
the HP was by a trash sack in the front yard. I stepped over there, then left.
Not exactly the scenic HP of the trip.
The final area of the four did not have an unexpected residence on it,
so I breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like the HP was south of the road,
so I parked just off the road, crossed the fence to the south, and walked in about 100'.
Think I was pretty close (on top of ?) the HP when a vehicle came along the dirt road
and stopped. I immediately walked over there, the driver asked
"do you know you are on private property ?" so I hopped over the fence,
back on to public property. I told him about my search for county HP,
but this did not seem to cheer him up a lot.
In any event, he headed on his way,
and I decided to curtail my explorations of the Giles county HP.
There is a pretty good chance that this area contains the Giles county HP,
but it would take some surveying to be sure.