Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

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  • Looking for Kenai Geo-Oddities

    I’ll be on the Kenai Peninsula of southern Alaska in about two weeks. I have a pretty good handle on most of the tourist stuff: hiking, salmon fishing, bear watching, whale sighting and glacier hopping. What I’m hoping is that the vast select and discerning audience of the Twelve Mile Circle may have some advice…

  • Kenora, So Far Away

    Many months ago, in what seems like a lifetime ago in the world of Twelve Mile Circle, I focused on rural Southwestern Virginia. I demonstrated through a simple mapping design that one distant corner of the state was closer to the capitals of eight other states than to its own capital of Richmond. This was…

  • Mount Pearl Mystery

    Why do I get such a disproportional number of visitors from Mount Pearl? It’s just a random small city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. So is there something on Twelve Mile Circle that resonates with its 25,000 residents? Or does a small number of amazingly dedicated 12MC fans happen to live there? I am sure…

  • Spike House for Sale — Only $1.5 Million

    People who manage property consolidations refer to a single landowner who resists all purchasing offers as a “spike.” The lone holdout can sometimes spike a complicated deal single-handedly to the detriment of surrounding landowners hoping to profit, and developers trying to assemble a large enough parcel to justify an apartment building, office complex or shopping…

  • Flipping Lat/Long Directions – The Map

    The skills of the people who read Twelve Mile Circle continuously impress me. I love their ability to expand upon a theme I’ve presented, and their willingness to share the results of their efforts with other readers. Today it’s wonderful to post a map produced by “Colin”. He uses my Flipping Lat/Long Directions article as…

  • Virtual Traffic Circle

    Traffic circles or roundabouts are a common design that circulates traffic safely and efficiently through intersections. They are a primary choice in many parts of the world. Nonetheless, they are much less common in the United States. Many American drivers tremble in fear when encountering one. That is the exact situation experienced this week by…

  • Flipping Lat/Long Directions

    I was looking at the Latitude / Longitude coordinates of my residence a few days ago and I decided to keep the same coordinates but switch between North and South, East and West. An easy way to do this is to drop the coordinates in Google Maps and then change between positives and negatives. So…

  • The Oddity That Got Away

    I’ve returned from Denver, Colorado. Well of course I found some time to record a couple of oddities. That’s what I do. Specifically I visited the Denver International Airport and one of the Arapahoe Exclaves. However, I didn’t exhaust the wish list I brought along with me. Maybe I should have expected that because I…

  • Arapahoe Exclaves in Denver

    I’ve kept my eye on a certain set of geo-oddities for a long time. Arapahoe County possessed multiple exclaves fully enclosed within the boundaries of Denver City/County, Colorado. Denver had to find a way to grow as people moved into the area. So they found an easy solution. They simply annexed land from their neighboring…

  • Denver’s Freaky Appendage

    Take a look at the shape of Denver, Colorado. You’ll notice an unusual appendage branching out from its northeast corner. Denver represents one of those infrequent hybrid situations where a city and a county combine to form a single entity within a common border. As a consequence, sometimes Denver acts like a city and sometimes…

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