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Extreme Travel Adventure Challenge
Destinations
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Your destination will be randomly selected for you from the 10 locations presented below. Travel adventure locations have been identified to represent a wide variety of challenging landscapes, climates, and different plant and animal life. The seasons of each Extreme Travel Adventure Challenge have also been given; the weather of each season will have a major impact on your travel plans, so be certain to prepare for heat, cold, wet, and/or dry weather conditions. The beginning and ending coordinates of various extreme travel adventure locations are given in Latitude/Longitude - Decimal Degrees form in the table below:
Challenge 1 (Summer) |
Challenge 2 (Winter) |
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| Coordinates: | Latitude (deg) |
Longitude (deg) |
Latitude (deg) |
Longitude (deg) |
| Beginning | 35.0043N |
111.0635W |
44.7299N |
110.4585W |
| Ending | 35.0279N |
111.0219W |
44.7127N |
110.4995W |
Challenge 3 (Spring)
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Challenge 4 (Winter)
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| Coordinates: | Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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| Beginning | 37.7185N |
119.6574W |
44.5739N |
104.6771W |
| Ending | 37.7340N |
119.6377W |
44.5903N |
104.7152W |
Challenge 5 (Summer)
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Challenge 6 (Summer)
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| Coordinates: | Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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Latitude N(deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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| Beginning | 36.5249N |
116.7815W |
30.6234N |
82.5074W |
| Ending | 36.5457N |
116.7431W |
30.6472N |
82.4666W |
Challenge 7 (Spring)
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Challenge 8 (Autumn)
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| Coordinates: | Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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| Beginning | 36.0830N |
112.0548W |
46.8732N |
121.8034W |
| Ending | 36.1054N |
112.0947W |
46.8528N |
121.7604W |
Challenge 9 (Autumn)
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Challenge 10 (Spring)
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| Coordinates: | Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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Latitude (deg)
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Longitude (deg)
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| Beginning | 46.1789N |
122.2245W |
43.0609N |
79.0214W |
| Ending | 46.1991N |
122.1889W |
43.0840N |
79.0688W |
Go directly to http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp to generate maps of your travel path’s beginning and ending points. Be certain to use the Latitude/Longitude – Decimal Degrees form when entering your data.
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