Downloadable GPS Data Files
The following files contain all the packaged GPS data for each of the featured locations in Sokehs Island.
Three file types are provided. KMZ and KML files are compatible with Google Earth. KML is compatible with Google Maps. GPX files can be imported into ArcGIS (a professional mapping application) and some hand-held GPS devices.
NOTE: All files are free to the public and can be used for any purpose without permission.
Google Earth imagery exhibits some scaling errors in this sector (i.e. the GPS track, which was checked multiple times with multiple devices, does not line up with the imagery for the primary road leading up Sokehs Mountain). We are confident that our data is as accurate as possible and that some of the aerial images on Google Earth are incorrectly positioned.
Sokehs Island (2013) – All destinations and landmarks
Coordinates
The following coordinates correspond with sites featured on the Sokehs Island Eco-Adventure Map Guide. It is our dream to eventually create a Pohnpei GPS app that could be uploaded to smartphones and other devices, but for now, these points of interest can be entered manually in a hand-held GPS device as needed.
NOTE: All GPS devices have a margin of error. That margin increases with interference — when there is a thick canopy of trees, during bad weather, or when mountains obstruct the satellite link. The geosynchronous satellites employed when navigating on Pohnpei are located low on the southwestern horizon, such that maintaining a strong connection while hiking on the northeast side of a given mountain range can be difficult. Coordinates on the northeastern slopes of mountains are less accurate than in other locations.
| Sokehs Ridge Trailhead / Parking A | —- | 6.961462° 158.195136° |
| Overlook / Parking B | —- | 6.967450° 158.191733° |
| Japanese Stone Wall | —- | 6.963677° 158.191191° |
| Japanese Foundation | —- | 6.963862° 158.191156° |
| Japanese Lookout Post | —- | 6.963977° 158.190538° |
| Japanese Personnel Tunnel | —- | 6.964164° 158.190475° |
| 12.7 cm Anti-Aircraft Gun 1 | —- | 6.964264° 158.190400° |
| 12.7 cm Anti-Aircraft Gun 2 | —- | 6.964161° 158.190933° |
| Japanese Command Post Entrance | —- | 6.963936° 158.190680° |
| Japanese Command Post Foundations | —- | 6.964045° 158.190628° |
| Japanese Concrete Stairs | —- | 6.963892° 158.190686° |
| Japanese Barracks Foundations | —- | 6.963401° 158.190810° |
| Japanese Stove | —- | 6.963339° 158.190848° |
| Japanese Concrete Cistern | —- | 6.963368° 158.190658° |
| 15 cm Coastal Gun & Bunker | —- | 6.962280° 158.189922° |
| Japanese Rifle Pits | —- | 6.966399° 158.189686° |
| Japanese Defensive Trench & Monument | —- | 6.969568° 158.189515° |
| Dollap Summit | —- | 6.969504° 158.189671° |
Sokehs Rock (Paipalap)
| Sokehs Rock Trailhead | —- | 6.977449° 158.193532° |
| Rock Formations / Bouldering Location | —- | 6.977236° 158.191589° |
| Tree Cliff | —- | 6.976622° 158.190800° |
| Rear Foot, Sokehs Rock | —- | 6.976828° 158.190633° |
| The Spire | —- | 6.976230° 158.190944° |
| The Adam’s Apple | —- | 6.975772° 158.190901° |
| Sokehs Rock Summit | —- | 6.978172° 158.190044° |
Kepindau & Pohn Pillap Waterfalls
| Eel Pool, Kepindau | —- | 6.976746° 158.185047° |
| Kepindau Falls Trailhead | —- | 6.976732° 158.184887° |
| Kepindau Falls | —- | 6.974786° 158.185720° |
| Pohn Pillap Falls Trailhead | —- | 6.976320° 158.183070° |
| Pohn Pillap Falls | —- | 6.975267° 158.182845° |
Around Sokehs Island
| Sokehs Municipal Office | —- | 6.958175° 158.194753° |
| Mwalok A-1 Store | —- | 6.968211° 158.196875° |
| Mwalok Community | —- | 6.968740° 158.196965° |
| Mwalok Congregationalist Church | —- | 6.969022° 158.196926° |
| Danipei Community | —- | 6.978790° 158.192938° |
| Danipei United Church of Christ | —- | 6.978364° 158.193000° |
| Historic Preservation Office Nahs | —- | 6.979906° 158.193745° |
| Portage Point | —- | 6.980388° 158.194301° |
| German Road A East End | —- | 6.979963° 158.191738° |
| German Road A West End | —- | 6.980274° 158.190965° |
| German Road B East End | —- | 6.980830° 158.189582° |
| German Road B West End | —- | 6.981042° 158.188068° |
| Nan Imwinsapw Picnic Area | —- | 6.981113° 158.188154° |
| Plateau Road North End | —- | 6.977893° 158.181932° |
| APSCO Quarry Office | —- | 6.980230° 158.181378° |
| The Doldrums Swimming Spot | —- | 6.983199° 158.176991° |
| Roie Church | —- | 6.970795° 158.176375° |
| Sokehs Pah Launch | —- | 6.969430° 158.176897° |
| Sokehs Pah Volleyball Court | —- | 6.964280° 158.183795° |
| Plateau Road South End | —- | 6.962296° 158.184584° |
| Sokehs Pah Basketball Court | —- | 6.955223° 158.189363° |
| St. Peter’s Launch | —- | 6.956975° 158.196907° |
| Sokehs Island Turn-off | —- | 6.956358° 158.198737° |
| Sokehs Island Bridge | —- | 6.957245° 158.195640° |
| Daumwoakote (Channel) East End | —- | 6.954688° 158.194789° |
| Daumwoakote (Channel) West End | —- | 6.953596° 158.181093° |
| The Labyrinth | —- | 6.951691° 158.177859° |