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UER Forum > Archived US: South > Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene (Viewed 495 times)
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Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene
< on 6/30/2011 4:59 AM >
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So I do a lot of work on the OpenStreetMap, and I discovered that there were a bunch of roads in a highly unusual grid layout in the sticks outside of Abilene. After a little research, I discovered that I found the remnants of a fairly large WWII Army camp. Turns out it was over 70,000 acres and housed 50,000 soldiers at it's peak. It was even a POW camp with 800 or so Nazis!

The land has all been returned back to the owners to which it was originally leased, and the vast majority of the infrastructure has been removed. You can get pretty close from the Bing maps birds eye view, but it seems like only building slabs and roads are left. Links galore below


The area drawn in OSM: http://osm.org/go/TtSqrHyw-

A decent article on the Camp by Texas Escapes: http://www.texases.../Camp-Barkeley.htm


This is my very first thread, and I know it's not much, but hey, it's a start!

-S in SA

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Re: Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene
<Reply # 1 on 6/30/2011 5:16 AM >
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Welcome to UER! The Southern forum is great. Most guys on here will love to go exploring with guys from UER, so ask around!

Great legwork, looks like an interesting place. Go take a drive and get some pics!

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Re: Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene
<Reply # 2 on 6/30/2011 5:23 AM >
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Sorry for the double post.

Here are the GPS coordinates : 32.353772,-99.860199

Looks promising, looks like acouple structures standing and a lot of old vehicles. Worth a trip!

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Re: Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene
<Reply # 3 on 6/30/2011 6:14 AM >
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remember bing is a year behind

google is 2011

bing is 2010 for most stuff

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Re: Remains of Camp Barkeley, SW of Abilene
<Reply # 4 on 6/30/2011 6:16 AM >
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tons of little shacks and such lots of cool little thingslying around


its like a bigger brio =]

look forward to anyone getting pics

“It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath our feet.”

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