Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[duncan.brown]

Camp Pendleton, CA?

 

[pvpeacock]

Not So. Cal.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not So. Cal.

So I got to thinking about your answer to @duncan.brown. It could be taken to suggest that it is a West Coast military installation. So the question is what the big thing on the hill could be. A llttle more thinking and "radar" seemed a possible answer. So I Googled "big radar station" and up came no pictures of it, but one picture, the Space Force radar station, looked most like it, so I clicked on that. Among the other things that then popped up was the thing in our post but in reference to something about a proposal to put this in Hawaii. When you clicked on that, however, the photo was labeled to identify our skyline posting.

Answer: Cobra Dane radar at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska. It is designed to tracck incoming ICBM warheads. YIKES!

 

[pvpeacock]

Correct!. This is Shemya Island, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. My father was stationed there during the cold war to spy on the Soviet missile launches in the nearby Kamchatka Peninsula. DB, you're up.

 

[duncan.brown]

Let's hope it doesn't see anything any time soon!

 

[D.B.Moody]

Here's a different type of warning system. From 1992:

 

[duncan.brown]

Halfway Rock in Maine?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Maine, but not Halfway Rock.

 

[Newsman]

Maine, but not Halfway Rock.

Portland Head?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Portland Head it is. I'm glad you did this today, because a grandchild I haven't seen in person for couple of years is coming in tomorrow for a couple of weeks.
You're up @Newsman.

 

[Newsman]

Googled "Maine lighthouses" and made an educated guess.

 

[Newsman]

Ok. This is NOT my photo...

 

[3 Dawg Night]

That looks like the Tennessee River bridge in South Pittsburg, Alabama. That would be WAY obscure (but honestly, not too far away from Cohutta, Georgia).

 

[Newsman]

That looks like the Tennessee River bridge in South Pittsburg, Alabama. That would be WAY obscure (but honestly, not too far away from Cohutta, Georgia).

Damn! Thought it would be more difficult. You're up!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Damn! Thought it would be more difficult. You're up!

I've driven past (but never over) that bridge a bunch of times between Huntsville and Chattanooga. Correction, though: South Pittsburg is just over the state line into Tennessee, not Alabama.

 

[dirkomatic]

Corolla NC

 

[InspectorJon]

I’m pretty sure that’s the ocean.

 

[InspectorJon]

Please delete…

 

[duncan.brown]

I’m pretty sure that’s the ocean.

I’ll see your pretty sure it’s the ocean and raise you I’m pretty sure it’s the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

I’ll see your pretty sure it’s the ocean and raise you I’m pretty sure it’s the Atlantic Ocean.

You are both wrong.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Is that a Florida key, or a place called Kokomo?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Is that a Florida key, or a place called Kokomo?

It is not, even though that's where I want to go.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Time for a hint. @bruce_the_loon is in the correct state (with his first guess).

 

[duncan.brown]

Naples, FL?

 

[dirkomatic]

Sanibel Island?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Sanibel Island is slightly closer than Naples, but both are incorrect.

 

[CKuhns]

Looks a little like the walk out to the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park

 

[DBhomebrew]

Gulf Islands?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

It is not an island. It is a state park.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park has a couple of boardwalks that could match and is on the Florida mainland.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park has a couple of boardwalks that could match and is on the Florida mainland.

Topsail Hill State Park is super close, but still not quite correct.

 

[dirkomatic]

St. Andrews State Park?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Topsail Hill was closer than St. Andrews.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I googled "Topsail Hill State Park," got the map and clicked on directions. I entered "State Park" and the first choice was "Grayton Beach." I Googled "Grayton Beach State Park" and looked at images. The matching one, when clicked on, was labeled "The Preserve at Grayton Beach." I'll guess Grayton Beach State Park.

 

[Mr.Wyatt]

Ran into the idea for this game on another forum unrelated to brewing and it turned out to be a lot of fun.

The rules are simple:

1. The first person to correctly guess what skyline is posted will post a photo of a skyline that they choose, once the person confirms the guess is correct.

2. There are no limitations on where the city is or the size of the city. There are people from different countries on this forum so it will make it diverse.

3. If nobody can guess for an extended period such as a few days, then the poster can give hints to keep people guessing, or just reveal the answer and let someone else post.

4. This is an honor system here so let's keep it fair and fun for everyone. No cheating by using SEARCH GOOGLE FOR IMAGE or looking at the IMAGE URL, or any other method.



I will start with this photo I took during a trip last month. It is in the U.S.

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That's easy!! That's my hometown CHICAGO!!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

@Mr.Wyatt has almost six years of catch-up to do.

@D.B.Moody has it! That one took a little longer than I expected. Grayton Beach is a favorite vacation spot for my family. You're up!

 

[D.B.Moody]

I'll stick with an oceanside place. This is from 1987:

 

[InspectorJon]

With all those ships and islands, I’m going to guess Singapore.

 

[Andres Falconer]

I guess Panama City

 

[Mr.Wyatt]

@Mr.Wyatt has almost six years of catch-up to do.

@D.B.Moody has it! That one took a little longer than I expected. Grayton Beach is a favorite vacation spot for my family. You're up!

I saw Chicago and got excited lol