Eyeballing the President Bush Homes in Texas and Maine Page 1 of 4 Updated 5 May 2003 The FAA issued a notice prohibiting construction above 50 feet within a 3 nautical mile radius of the Texas presidential residence location given on 5 May 2003 as geographical coordinates 31[deg]34'45N, 97[deg] 32'00W: http://cryptome.org/faa042203.txt This location on Mapquest: 29 August 2002: The FAA has published three no-fly zones where the President may be housed: in Washington, DC, Camp David, MD and near Crawford, TX: http://cryptome.org/bush-no-fly.htm The yellow circle is the Bush ranch no-fly zone. The restricted area below is for Fort Hood. The no-fly map for Crawford gives coordinates for the center of a no-fly zone, 312437N/0973237W, which might be interpreted as the approximate location of the Bush ranch. The following aerial photos and maps show the vicinity of the coordinates. The close-in infra-red photos have only recently appeared on Mapquest.com. Source of maps and photos: Mapquest.com (color) and TerraServer USGS 19 Jan 1995 (monochrome), prior to the Bush purchase of the ranch in 1999. The Crawford, TX, location: http://austin.about.com/library/weekly/aa021901a.htm Crawford has the Prairie Chapel Ranch now being called alternately the "Texas White House" or the "Western White House." First Lady Laura Bush spent several weeks after the inauguration readying the ranch for its new role as the Presidential retreat away from the Oval Office. President Bush has said "...when I'm not in Washington, there's a pretty good chance you'll find me on our place in Crawford, Texas." George W. and Laura Bush purchased around 1600 acres just outside of Crawford in 1999. Located 18 miles southwest of Waco, Crawford is about 90 miles north of Austin and convenient to Fort Hood for those flights in on Air Force One. The ranch itself, eight miles northwest of Crawford, is in an area known as Prairie Chapel. The ranch property includes a creek, canyon, waterfalls, and meadows where cattle and deer graze. The Bush family renovated an existing farmhouse and built a new home there. As an avid fisherman Bush added a private fishing lake stocked with bass. However, the curious trekking out to the ranch won't see any of that. From the road there's only pastures, barbed wire fences, and signs that warn "No stopping. No standing. No parking on right of way." You might, however, meet up with a few Secret Service agents near the ranch and in town. Eyeballing the President Bush Homes in Texas (43) and Maine (41) Bush Ranch near Crawford, TX, USGS photo 19 Jan 1995 President George W. Bush (43) Ranch in Crawford, TX http://cryptome.org/prez-eyeball.htm 04/11/2003.