Weird looking clearings near Red Oak Grove

[jaguar]

I was purusing the good ole Google Maps aerial images today and noticed some very odd structures near chatsworth/ red oak grove.

Does anyone know what they are?

Or better yet could someone describe and mark them on wikimapia so other curious folks can find them?

 

[Boyd]

Those aren't really "structures," they are open fields (sometimes called "rye strips") constructed for wildlife grazing. From the ground you'd never realize how strange they look from above!

See the following: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=2108

 

[Teegate]

Did you notice that wikimapia calls "Coyle Field".... "Coyle Tower". I wonder if whoever named that was thinking about the cement tower.


Guy

 

[Boyd]

Or maybe they were thinking of Coyt Tower in San Francisco?

 

[jaguar]

Great, thanks guys, sorry to bug you with what appears to be a common question. I updated wikimapia so others won't come here asking the same thing.

 

[Buck]

I was running on some trails back in Lebanon State Forest and Pasadena WMA this morning and came across a long, somewhat narrow, clearing that must be the same thing. Trees gone, etc. There were also 3 bird house type structures in the middle, spaced apart. Each was on a metal pole about 4 1/2 feet tall, was made of wood with a small opening, and had numbers (11, 72, 26?) on each. Are these just birdhouses or does anyone know what else they could be?

 

[bobpbx]

I was running on some trails back in Lebanon State Forest and Pasadena WMA this morning and came across a long, somewhat narrow, clearing that must be the same thing. Trees gone, etc. There were also 3 bird house type structures in the middle, spaced apart. Each was on a metal pole about 4 1/2 feet tall, was made of wood with a small opening, and had numbers (11, 72, 26?) on each. Are these just birdhouses or does anyone know what else they could be?

Those are "bookie houses" Buck. The North Jersey Mob uses them for betting slip drop offs. Don't hang around that area too much, they get kind of edgy.

Just kidding Buck. They are bluebird houses.

 

[wolfspider05]

Those are "bookie houses" Buck. The North Jersey Mob uses them for betting slip drop offs. Don't hang around that area too much, they get kind of edgy.

Just kidding Buck. They are bluebird houses.

hahah i actually believed that until i read the bottom