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[MarkBC]

I don't "track" my adventures, so I had to look up the coordinates on Google Earth. 41 degrees 45' 15.52" N by 119 degrees 57' 00.00" W Elevation of 5989 ft.

Thanks -- looks like it's called "Crooks Lake"....definitely off the beaten path!

[craig333]

Definitely looks like rain would make that a no go. Pretty cool area. I need to get up that way some time.

[locrwln]

Thanks -- looks like it's called "Crooks Lake"....definitely off the beaten path!

Yeah, it depends on which map you are using/looking at on whether it is called New Year's Lake or Crook's Lake.

Jack

[Dughlas Stiubhart]

Yeah, it depends on which map you are using/looking at on whether it is called New Year's Lake or Crook's Lake.

Jack

My Delorme calls it New Year's Lake, which is indeed "out there."

[MarkBC]

Yeah, it depends on which map you are using/looking at on whether it is called New Year's Lake or Crooks Lake.

Yes, that's weird. On my NatGeo TOPO map software (which has 5 levels of scale built in), at the "500k" scale and bigger it's call New Year Lake, but down at the 100k and 24,000 (so-called 7.5') scale it's called Crook's Lake.

Damn geographers/cartographers! So...I did a Google search on "New Year Lake" and "Crooks Lake" together, wondering if I could find an explanation of the discrepancy. I got two hits:
- One was a fishing/hunting website called HookandBullet.com, that had an entry for fishing at New Year Lake that mentioned: "Alternate names for this lake includes Roops Lake and Crooks Lake".
- The other was a recent trip-report posting by "locrwin1" on a website-forum called IH8mud.com, and one of the comments on the trip report mentioned Crooks Lake!

I think I'm gonna call it Roops Lake

[locrwln]

Yes, that's weird. On my NatGeo TOPO map software (which has 5 levels of scale built in), at the "500k" scale and bigger it's call New Year Lake, but down at the 100k and 24,000 (so-called 7.5') scale it's called Crook's Lake.

Damn geographers/cartographers! So...I did a Google search on "New Year Lake" and "Crooks Lake" together, wondering if I could find an explanation of the discrepancy. I got two hits:
- One was a fishing/hunting website called HookandBullet.com, that had an entry for fishing at New Year Lake that mentioned: "Alternate names for this lake includes Roops Lake and Crooks Lake".
- The other was a recent trip-report posting by "locrwin1" on a website-forum called IH8mud.com, and one of the comments on the trip report mentioned Crooks Lake!

I think I'm gonna call it Roops Lake

Starting to look like you can call it whatever.

I posted on Ih8mud, because I spent the last few years exlporing the west in this.




and am still friends with a lot of the cruiser people, just got tired of tent camping after spending a week moving everynight. Of course that is at double hot springs in the Blackrock.

Jack

[MarkBC]

I posted on Ih8mud, because I spent the last few years exlporing the west in this...and am still friends with a lot of the cruiser people, just got tired of tent camping after spending a week moving everynight. Of course that is at double hot springs in the Blackrock.

Jack

Looks like a great rig for exploring -- better than a big-ole pickup-camper, mostly...except for the camping at the end of the day.

[locrwln]

Looks like a great rig for exploring -- better than a big-ole pickup-camper, mostly...except for the camping at the end of the day.

Yeah, it was capable of many hours on the highway, dirt, trail and still asked for more, but the camping, poor gas mileage and low power got really old. It was time.

Jack

[ski3pin]

Enjoyed your trip report! Thanks. Yup, we're like the rest of 'em and pulled out the maps!

[locrwln]

Enjoyed your trip report! Thanks. Yup, we're like the rest of 'em and pulled out the maps!

Thank you.

We have been all "around" the Blackrock and Northern Nevada (not that you can see it all, but we are trying), but that has become our M.O., we look at the map(s) and try to find the interesting stuff or places that we haven't been to before and go.

Jack