While on a quick trip to my ten acres in West Texas my buddies and I decided to hike around the land. Our first destination was the Baldy Tank on the USGS Ninetysix Ranch Quad. We reached the site and were dissapointed. There was no water. In the last few satalite images they showed the area tanks to be filled with water. We hiked over the damn and found the trees to be nice and health around the rim of the tank but no signs of standing watter.
Baldy Tank
After hiking to the tank we continued on our 5 mile round trip. We were looking to make it to the North Rim but did not make it this trip. We will try again soon.
Thanks
Derrick Perrin
Tags: chispa, county, dry, jeff davis, Ninetysix Ranch, pond, RIM, tank, texas, usa, Valentine, west
July 25, 2008 at 8:43 am |
Great pictures – thanks for sharing. Also thanks for the informative blogs. I’ve often wanted to explore and reside in this area of Texas despite most people’s thought that I would be insane to do so. Two questions:
How much is an acre of land? Are there sites that show topography better than Google maps (I’m having trouble finding Baldy Tank)?
Thanks again.