Hess Gas Station
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Dear Friends,
This has been my first attempt at creating a POI file and it continues to be a learning experience. I am new to the world of GPSr having ordered my Nüvi 650 from COSTCO ONLINE over the Thanksgiving Weekend in 2007. I found the Factory in January 2008 through the GARMIN site and enquired whether there were a file here for Hess stations. I was encouraged by Miss POI to start one and here we are.
Hess provided me with a list of addresses for its petrol stations. They have almost all their stations in the Eastern Time Zone of the U.S. from New Hampshire to Florida. The one station I found in the Central Time Zone is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They are in sixteen states and the District of Columbia. On May 31, I reorganised the file so that it is now sorted in Field #3 by USPS nomenclature: AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA. I hope this is helpful. I finished working my way through the Hess list on August 21. If you know of a Hess station that is missing from this database, please let me know.
I tried to verify each address by using Google Earth or http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html -- this process slowed down the additions but I wanted the data to be as reliable as possible. Fuel is too expensive for folks to be led astray. Some of the addresses I received from Hess are inconsistent with the locations shown on the map at their own website.
I did not add a location if the "picture" looked highly questionable; however, this method is imperfect and I took into account that the photographs may be older than some new stations. Also some of the addresses did not register with the maps. Listed below are the addresses I received from Hess that I have not entered into the file or for which I am requesting confirmation. If you live in the area of one of these Hess stations, please let me know whether it exists and provide coordinates or a corrected address.
When (in the map programs) there are two or more stations near the pointer for a Hess address and no discernible characteristic green marking, I have had to choose coordinates in the middle; I would appreciate learning which one is the Hess station. Sometimes the photograph is completely blurry but Google Earth has a detailed "gas station" pointer for the station in its database; I have then relied on that. When the image was blurred and there was no confirmation by "gas station" pointer, I listed it below and am asking you to help me. When there were several entrances to an identified station, I placed the coordinates to accommodate all of them.
I would be most grateful if errors were pointed out and missing data provided (e.g., telephone numbers). When you report an error or provide missing information, please use the entry in Field #3 as the unique identifier. The line numbers will constantly change as I add more stations to the file and re-sort the listings so that they stay in alphabetical order by state (DC should be a state). Field #3 contains the entries that start with the word "Hess" (e.g., "Hess DC, Washington 3"). Excel shows Field #3 as "C".
I look forward to hearing from you. I am committed to making this file as accurate as possible and appreciate any advice.
Sincerely yours, david
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THE LIST OF STATIONS THAT NEED TO BE CONFIRMED
If you live in the area of one of these Hess stations, please let me know whether it exists and provide coordinates or a corrected address:
590 U.S. 27 North, Avon Park, FL
1950 East Jefferson (near 50A), Brooksville, FL
6701 South US Highway 1 (five miles west of Rt 95), Bunnell, FL
3190 S. US Highway 17-92, Casselberry, FL
13800 South Greater Hills Blvd, Clermont, FL
4415 South Hwy 27, Clermont, FL
433 E Sugarland Hwy, Clewiston, FL (I have entered this one in the file at the coordinates of a "gas pointer" in Google Earth; however, Hess also shows the cross street as "San Jose" -- which is a few blocks away. I would like to have the coordinates confirmed.)
4150 State Road 7 (near Sample Road), Coral Springs, FL
4155 Griffin Rd (near State Rd 7), Dania Beach, FL
15150 S Cleveland Av @ Gladioulous, Fort Myers, FL
4696 Okeechobee Rd @ McNeil, Fort Pierce, FL
1998 North US Hwy 1, Fort Pierce, FL
3254 Highway 17 South, Green Cove Springs, FL
1010 State Road 16 E, Green Cove Springs, FL (looks like it might be 29.979791,-81.653473)
9515 E. Gulf to Lake Hwy (near Gospel Island Rd), Inverness, FL
1000 West Car Care Dr, Lake Buena Vista, FL
1475 Buena Vista Dr (near Pleasure Island Way), Lake Buena Vista, FL
300 East Buena Vista Dr, Lake Buena Vista, FL
11224 Land O Lakes Blvd (near 52 & 41), Land O Lakes, FL
7550 NW 186th Street, Miami, FL
19880 NW 27 Av (near 199 St), Miami Garden, FL
697 Ninth St North (near 7 Av), Naples, FL (I have entered this one in the file but would like to have the coordinates confirmed.)
2100 Goodlette Road (near Golden Gate Pkwy), Naples, FL
14807 Tamiami Trail (near Sumter Blvd), Northport, FL
13508 Black Lake Rd (near Gunn), Odessa, FL
7900 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL
10024 Lee Vista Blvd, Orlando, FL
16725 S Federal Hwy (near SW 168 St), Perrine, FL
6601 S US-1 (near Kitterman Rd), Port St. Lucie, FL
10453 US-1, Port St. Lucie, FL
8580 US HWY 1 (near Savannah Rd), Port St. Lucie, FL
150 Hampton Pt Drive, Saint Augustine, FL
4159 Mariner Blvd (near North Cliff), Spring Hill, FL
3495 Deltona Blvd (near Forest Oaks), Spring Hill, FL
100 SW Monterey Rd (near Kanner Dr), Stuart, FL
4960 Palm Beach Blvd (near Underwood & Hwy 80), Tice, FL
800 US-1 South (near 8 St), Vero Beach, FL
3202 Daniels Road, Winter Garden, FL
2617 Fairbank Av, Winter Park, FL
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296 N Pearl St, Brockton, MA
123 Cambridge St, Charlestown, MA
149 North St, Hyannis, MA
300 Merrimac Street, Lowell, MA
22 North Beacon St (near Arsenault), Watertown, MA
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158 Smokey Parkway Hwy, Asheville, NC
1501 US HWY 70, Goldsboro, NC
1835 64-70 SE, Hickory, NC
502 Wilkesboro Blvd SE, Lenoir, NC
303 N NC Hwy, Oak City, NC
109 W Academy St, Robersonville, NC
110 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Roseboro, NC
111 N Main St, Tarboro, NC
Route 2054 301 South, Wilson, NC
3950 Ward Blvd, Wilson, NC
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342 Brooklawn Circle (near Rt 45), Brooklawn, NJ
1746 Route 31 North (near W Main St), Clinton, NJ
701 Route 440 S Hudson Mall, Jersey City, NJ
3900 JFK Boulevard (near 39 St), Union City, NJ
2630 Route 70 (near Rt 35), Wall Township, NJ
323 Route 31 (near Lincoln Rd), Washington, NJ (40.774233,-74.978766 looks possible but cannot be sure)
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776 N Bedford Rd (near Norm Av), Bedford Hills, NY
1861 Fifth Av (near Third Av), Brentwood, NY
SR-31 & SR-298, Bridgeport, NY
4000 Hempstead Tpke, Farmingdale, NY
250-26 Jericho Tpke (near Pennsylvania Blvd), Floral Park, NY
3572 Route 9W North (near Rt 44 & 55), Highland, NY
500 Route 109, Lindenhurst, NY
Route 28 (near Route 30 / Bridge St), Margaretville, NY
134-15 Crossbay Boulevard (near Linden Blvd), Ozone Park, NY
580 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY
781 State Route 7 (near Rt 88, Exit 4), Sanataria Spring, NY
816 Country Rd.-39 (near Magee St), Southampton, NY
2451 Nesconset Hwy (near Stony Brook Rd), Stony Brook, NY
42 West Jericho Tpke (near Hasket Dr), Syosset, NY
81 North Main St (near Pine St), West Glens Falls, NY
80 A Horseblock Road, West Yaphank, NY
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322 West Main St (near Campbelltown Rd), Campbelltown, PA
1028 Ben Franklin Hwy, Douglassville, PA
3311 North George St Ext (near Emig Rd), Emigsville, PA
3325 N 5 St, Muhlenberg, PA
6151 Broad St (near Godfrey), Philadelphia, PA
Rts 501 & 897, Schaefferstown, PA
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1783-1789 Plainfield Pike, Johnston, RI
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2298 Hwy 378, Conway, SC
1683 US-17 (near I-526), Mt Pleasant, SC
104 Seaborn Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC
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CREDITS (date indicates when file updated):
11 Jul 08 -- corrected coordinates -- "NY Staten Island, Forest Avenue" and "NY Syracuse 3" -- Thank you, Will (werskine).
12 Jul 08 -- removed duplicate entry for "NC Midland" under "NC Albemarle x" -- also removed duplicate entry in "NC Boone" -- Thank you, Will (werskine).
12 Jul 08 -- thanks to hvsteve1, who provided the correct address for what is now "NY Poughkeepsie 3" (Hess had provided the wrong address). Thank you, Steve.
28 Jul 08 --- whalefan let me know that the Orange Avenue station in West Haven, CT is no more and I have removed it from the TO BE CONFIRMED LIST -- Thank you, David (whalefan).
04 Aug 08 --- MrKenFL confirmed locations for FL Holly Hill 2, FL Ormond Beach 1, and FL Ormond Beach 2. Thank you, Ken (MrKenFL).
09 Aug 08 -- pbabowler provided thirty-four locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Viginia from the TO BE CONFIRMED LIST. Thank you, Bowler (pbabowler). This is a very big contribution.
10 Aug 08 --- MrKenFL reported that the station located at 1537 Ridgewood Av @ Flomich St, Holly Hill, FL had closed and was replaced by a Java Junction Coffee place. Thank you, Ken. (I hope they decontaminated the ground there before grinding the beans.)
24 Aug 08 --- MrKenFL provided confirmation and coordinates for FL Port Orange 2 and confirmed that there was no Hess station in Flager Beach, Florida, at the address indicated in the Hess list. Thank you, Ken.
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