First Anniversary on Earth Day 2006

One Square Inch will be one year old on Saturday, April 22nd, 2006. A week of celebration began early on Easter morning with a quiet hike to One Square Inch with Olympic National Park Superintendent, Bill Laitner. A blanket of clouds and rare snowfall made for unusually quiet conditions but one noise intrusion did occur by a single aircraft at a measured peak level of 44 dB(A). This aircraft was later identified as a Boeing B767 with tail number N582HA flying at an altitude of 36,972′ and registered to Hawaiian Airlines. A request to avoid flying over Olympic Park was sent yesterday to Hawaiian Airlines at their corporate headquarters in Honolulu. Keoni Wagner responded today by email stating that she will see if something can be done. The forthcoming response from Hawaiian Airlines will be posted here. (Stay tuned.)

NEW Away Networks/GORP presents A Walk to America’s Quietest Place for Earth Day feature. More than two million users will have the opportunity to see, hear, and experience the joys of One Square Inch. Click here.

NEW iTunes now offers the One Square Inch First Anniversary Album with a portion of the proceeds to benefit this organization. The new album is also available on our donations page as a signed and numbered audio CD. Enjoy the sounds that you helped save for everyone.

NEW Directions to One Square Inch site are now available for download from the links page Downloads.

Saturday, April 22, 2006, a quiet hike is planned to One Square Inch with silent readings from the Jar of Quiet Thoughts. This ‘Jar’ is a pint-size metal container that rests underneath the log that supports the One Square Inch stone. It contains notes that can only be written or read by visitors who make the 3-mile hike.