[arguy1973]

Just out of curiosty, anyone on here know where the road on Hwy 58 is that turns back onto a low water bridge that has a place to swim on the Strawberry River? its the hwy that runs thru Sitka and goes to poughkeepsie, looked for it Sunday, probably didnt have the best directions, but did managed to take some gr8 pics of a deer and her twin fawns, they still had the spot on them. May go back next weekend, just wondered.

[magrack]

You got my curiosity up, so I pulled out my topo map of the area, and I don't see it right off.

Assuming you were southbound on 58 out of Sitka,was it supposed to be north or south of Strawberry River Road?

[arguy1973]

South....the turn off was supposed to be beside a hunting club, according to directions I was given. Usually we go to Spring River, but Im always looking for new places.

[magrack]

My topo map has a lot of unnamed roads in the grid, but I can't identify anything that appears to be a low water bridge within a mile of the Hwy 58 bridge over the Strawberry in any direction.


I compared the topo map to Google Earth, but the resolution is not the best. I did find this spot off CR38 that may be it (looks like a low water bridge) reached by turning onto CR 40 just opposite the intersection of Hwy 354 and Hwy 58:


at 36 06 17 N 91 23 13 W for reference

If you've never used Google Earth, it's a pretty handy tool for finding places, plus it's free.

Satellite imagery that you can zoom, tilt, rotate etc.

I use it to scout out fishing spots passed on to me.

I orient it from a known point and follow the directions given, taking turns and twists in the road like I was driving and spoting landmarks.

The only issue I have with it, is sometimes it's not updated in rural areas as often as other places, but I expect that's a byproduct of demand.

It's really a super tool for finding your way around.

Fun to download a picture of your house/property too.

You might want to download Google Earth (If you don't already have it) and give it a try using the directions to the "swimmin" hole.

Caution, it does take up almost 22 meg of space

Sorry I couldn't be of more help

[arguy1973]

thanks for the effort!

[al brenner]

Originally Posted by arguy1973

Just out of curiosty, anyone on here know where the road on Hwy 58 is that turns back onto a low water bridge that has a place to swim on the Strawberry River? its the hwy that runs thru Sitka and goes to poughkeepsie, looked for it Sunday, probably didnt have the best directions, but did managed to take some gr8 pics of a deer and her twin fawns, they still had the spot on them. May go back next weekend, just wondered.

you can find that bridge by looking up barnes cemetery it has directions and lon & lat you cross the bridge just before it the water is high now try the summer