slash2
Senior Member
I should have done a Street View of the entrance to the Hawks nest viewing area earlier ! Scratch that option off!
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Those roads & homes are on the Hollister Ranch, a private development of 100 acre home sites first sold back in the 1970's. Access is towards the east near Gaviota State Park and Hwy 101 with the guard gate about 1 mile in. No general public allowed.ETAV8R said:Guess I've never looked at googlemap/earth for that area. Looks like lots of roads out by Point Conception. I'm sure most are locked. Seems there are a lot of potential areas to view a launch from and maybe boondock. Most likely the people in the large homes on the hills don't want us pop-up vagabonds roaming around.
ntsqd said:So take them on a sight-seeing trip of Avila Bay & the greater Pismo Beach area, stay at the Madonna Inn (if they're that open-minded), and then sneak out early to watch the launch.
ckent323 said:Slash2, et al,
For some launches from North Base (e.g. SLC 2) the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg AFB allows public viewing of launches (from a distance of approximately 5 miles) at the "intersection of Corral Road and Skyscreen Road, Vandenberg" ... (copy the text from in-between the double-quotes, and paste it into the search field of Google Maps to find this location, or simply click here:https://goo.gl/maps/suuy69KASJU2 ).
But you need to check ahead of time.
Here is another useful link for launch pad locations and possible viewing sites.
https://www.google.c...6940000002&z=11
Another potential viewing site is up Harris grade Rd. Never-the-less, my preference is Figueroa Mtn. Here is the view of the base from up there . I marked SLC 2. All the other pads are to the left of SLC 2. Tranquillon Peak (the first and tallest peak South of SLC 2) is just South of the view line to SLC 4 & 5. SLC 6 is almost behind Tranquillon Peak and it is the most Southerly pad.
Hopefull this helps a bit more.
Regards,
Craig