On The Grid?

Puzzling Out Massive, Mysterious Landscape Features and More in UVM’s Jericho Research Forest

A Grid on a Hill? In the UVM Jericho Research Forest in Vermont. Vermont LIDAR Map Created with the VT Interactive Map Viewer from The Vermont Center for Geographic Information, found at https://maps.vermont.gov/vcgi/html5viewer/?viewer=vtmapviewer. (Note: Rectangles on Upper Left are UVM Buildings — House, Shed, Classrooms).

Imagine coming across immense mounds and large ridges on a hill in a forest, going home, looking it up on LIDAR, and seeing a massive grid laid out across the hill…

What?

This post accompanies and echoes my new video presentation, Experiencing Mysterious Earthworks, Odd Boulders, and More in UVM’s Jericho Research Forest — free to watch on my Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England YouTube Channel:

This post, however, is more than a transcript and includes newly shared still photos, rather than screen captures from the video, with a couple of noted and likely obvious exceptions.

A Closer Look At A Grid on a Hill in the UVM Jericho Research Forest in Vermont. Vermont LIDAR Map Created with the VT Interactive Map Viewer from The Vermont Center for Geographic Information, found at https://maps.vermont.gov/vcgi/html5viewer/?viewer=vtmapviewer.

LIDAR, Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging, uses airborne lasers and GPS positioning to map the ground below, giving us a glimpse of the terrain where it looks…