5 | Seek Points of Confluence
Guidelines
A point of confluence occurs at the integer degree intersections
where a line of latitude meets a line of longitude. There is a
confluence within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you’re on the surface
of Earth and there are 64,442 latitude and longitude degree
intersections in the world (counting each pole as one
intersection). Check out confluence.org to find out how many fall
in your country.
These confluences are interesting because they represent the
randomness that emerges from strict order, they are an open
defiance of the order our culture imposes on us. As author Tim
Vasquez says, ‘[Points of confluence are] curious places that
embrace you in their history, character, and ecology, surrounded
by people who are locals in every sense of the word.’