A view of the camp and path up the hill that the recreation hikers follow. Several times during the week most of the kids and parents take off up the hill during morning recreation. There is a short devotional when everyone gets to the top - the view is great, you can see for quite a few miles.

The most visible man-made part of the trail is the decending path proceeding north from the very prominent peak in the lower left corner. Campers will remember this slick path of loose limestones from the peak down to the plateau level. This angles over to the 'crooked finger'-looking ridge which makes up the middle part of the decent down the mountain.

If you look carefully at this picture from the peak of the mountain you can see the ascending trail at about the 2 o'clock position (NE). It is very light and barely noticeable.

The dark rectangle in about the center of the top picture is the H.M.Holmes ranch home. H.M. and Johnnye Holmes donated the land across the road that now comprises the Pecos River Family Encampment. This home is owned now by their daughter and son-in-law Alecia and Neal Sconiers.

This was taken evidently during the summer, but at a time when camp was not in session, as there aren't the usual line of vehicles in the center and campers to the left of the screen. There are a couple of 'spots' at the entry way that may possibly be vehicles of people there to maintain things. Hard to tell.

If the angle of tilt seems odd, I noticed it, too. To fix it just save and print this picture (or the entire page if you wish), turn the print upside down. (Or turn your monitor upside down - ha!). It seems that the USGS satellite took this shot from slightly north of this position. This may not make any sense but print it and look at it upside down (as if you were flying north to south), and your brain will breath a sigh of relief.

From the angles of the shadows it appears that this was taken during the morning, sometime during the summer months. This is most noticable if you connect the peak of the shadow being cast by the tabernacle to the actual peak of the tabernacle roof on the north side.

1. Tabernacle 2. Sr Boys Dorm 3. Jr Boys Dorm 4. Cook Shack 5. Covered Tables 6. "Gina's Canteen [formerly Ike's]" 7. Ice House 8. Camper, RV, and Tent area 9. Baseball diamond 10. Volleyball area 11. Breezeway and cabins 12. Sr Girls Dorm 13. Main Gate 14. Classrooms and cabins 15. Preacher's Cabin and various cabins 16. Cabins 17. Brine Plant (not camp-related) 18. Baptism site at Pecos River

These photos are sourced by the USGS and are provided courtesy of the Microsoft Terraserver.