It has about 3 traffic lights (we didn’t exactly count) and everything but the Dairy Queen closes at 8pm. There are two major telescopes that are part of this area and the reason for the restrictions. The zone measures over 13,000 square miles and restricts access to radio wave usage. The quiet zone is an area dedicated towards providing protection of the National radio telescope for both government and scientific purposes. That’s what happened to us on our Road Trip through West Virginia when we didn’t realize we were in a quiet zone until we were literally told we were in a quiet zone. That is until you learn there is no wifi in the motel room and the assistant at the front desk of your hotel informs you that it would cost them over $50,000 to do so. Entering into a “Quite Zone” can feel like just an ordinary day of cell phone frustration.
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