How Deep are the Streets?

theBrooke · Post by **theBrooke** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:43 pm

Trying to plan our camp layout, and need to know how far it is between street and "alley"... So between Earth and Mars = ? We want to know how deep each radial street is... AND how far between say 8:00 and 8:30?

Any help greatly appreciated, want to have a plan that will work when we get there.

Thanks!

B.

JRoyale · Post by **JRoyale** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:48 pm

The streets are 30 feet wide and the blocks are either 370 or 170 feet wide - depending.

JR

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:24 pm

http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity ... html#2004C

The survey and explination on how BRC is laid out is here.

chrispburn · Post by **chrispburn** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:12 am

The link in the previous post explains the distance between the circular roads, and how wide each road is.

For example, it's 200 feet between Mercury to Venus, Venus to Earth, Earth to Mars...) However, you need to subtract 15 feet on either side of the street. So if you are a theme camps, you should account for the road. So when a theme camp is "200 feet" deep, it's really more like 170 feet.

And most roads are 30 feet wide, some wider.

Now the lenght of each block, for example, from 8:00 to 8:30 depends on which road you are on. The further out into the "suburbs" you get, the longer the block is. So keep that in mind when it's 3am and you're f-cked up trying to get home. It's usually faster to go back up toward the esplanade and back down to your "hour" street from there.

The way to figure out the lenght of your block requires a little math. I believe the formula for the lenght around the edge of a circle (circumference) is 2(pi)r

In English, that's 2 x 3.14159 x radius (in this case, the distance the street is from the Man.

Those distances are:
Esplanade 2,100 feet
Mercury 2,500 feet
Venus 2,700 feet
Earth 2,900 feet
Mars 3,100 feet (keep in mind this street gets cut off)
Jupiter 3,300 feet,
etc

So a block on "Earth" is about 730 feet (760 minus the width of one street, 30 feet)

Oh yeah, and re-reading the original post... keep in mind that your "alley" (or back road) is really your neighbor's front yard ;-)

nostratomas · Post by **nostratomas** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:10 am

I don't know about the streets but our pool isn't deep enough for diving but OK for shallow cannon balls. Of course only by authorized personel & after getting spanked by the lifeguard.