The June, 2022 issue of the amateur radio journal, QST, told the story of a ham radio operator activating two as yet never activated locations in North Dakota while on a family vacation. site activity
This raised the question, where are POTA locations near my home? I couldn't see where the coordinating site offered this information so I scraped their server and computed it myself. github
42.4068,-120.289 K-2823 Chandler Wayside
48.9945,-117.37 K-3175
Crawford
48.6325,-122.787 K-3181
Doe Island
48.3988,-122.57 K-3199
Hope Island
48.5112,-122.774 K-3204
James Island
48.0087,-122.69 K-3210
Kinney Point
48.7842,-122.955 K-3245
Patos Island
45.552,-122.295 K-3256
Reed Island
48.5357,-122.557 K-3260
Saddlebag Island
48.4137,-122.579 K-3268
Skagit Island
48.5344,-122.862 K-3271
Spencer Spit
47.3296,-122.82 K-3277
Stretch Point
48.6763,-123.204 K-3278
Stuart Island
48.3221,-120.672 K-3380
Lake Chelan
46.5489,-119.496 K-4375
Manhattan Project (Hanford)
48.6812,-117.75 K-5570
Little Pend Oreille
48.0567,-123.506 K-5572
Olympic Peninsula
46.0857,-116.983 K-6473
Chief Joesph
46.3602,-117.671 K-6556
W.T. Wooten
46.2616,-117.298 K-6583
Asotin Creek
41.9938,-120.322 K-9148
Goose Lake
44.4643,-124.08 K-9542
Driftwood Beach
parks.filter(park => park && !park.firstActivator && ['Oregon','Washington'] .includes(park.locationName))
This activity reminds me of Confluence Hunting or Geocaching, both of which create an activity by proposing rules and keeping score with a website.
Looking south.
41.0999,-121.412 K-1121 Ahjumawi Lava Springs
39.7569,-120.697 K-1185
Plumas Eureka
39.9002,-123.918 K-1197
Sinkyone Wilderness
39.2461,-121.803 K-1201
Sutter Buttes
42.4068,-120.289 K-2823
Chandler Wayside
39.6469,-123.617 K-3393
Admiral William Standley
37.4642,-119.948 K-3414
California State Mining and Mineral Museum
36.947,-121.813 K-3417
Castro Adobe
38.0409,-121.611 K-3437
Franks Tract
36.1194,-121.631 K-3450
John Little Reserve
39.2333,-123.383 K-3478
Montgomery Woods Reserve
36.514,-121.921 K-3538
Point Lobos Ranch
39.1753,-120.136 K-3576
Tahoe
40.0568,-123.976 K-7379
King Range
41.9938,-120.322 K-9148
Goose Lake
44.4643,-124.08 K-9542
Driftwood Beach