As a precursor to the pictures looking into the PV property, let me say that I was able to see further into the forests on the north side of the road in person than appears in the picture. The human eye and brain have more resolution than digital cameras. Also, the immediate foreground of some pictures are partly obscured by scrub and vines growing up the fence. Presumably there was no fence back in the day for the undergrowth to climb up.
Starting from the west end of the course property, here are pictures looking south.
Near the second tee. Even fully forested, as the north side is, I believe that the hill up to the green and trees on top of it would have been visible from the train.
From behind the 1st green on the right side and then from further east. The back of the green is clearly an artificial construct. Back in the discovery day I think the small ridge it is built on would have been visible.
From just east of the gate looking across the van parking lot. Pretty flat in foreground with a rise in the distance.
Looking south across the pond to the 18th green, is pretty flat in the foreground.
Looking across the 18th fairway. The dip down to where the pump house and pond are now would have been obvious. The rise in the distance was also likely visible.
Looking up towards the 18th tee, the beginning of the rise of a rolling hill to the left and also away from the tracks.
Slightly further east, the rising hill to the 18th tee is blocking the interior view, but demonstrates a rolling hill parallel to the tracks
The view up to the 17th is blocked by the rolling hill.
The rolling hill is rapidly receding giving a view in across the 17th fairway.
A little further along east a relatively flat view across the 16th green with a rising hill beyond.
A look up the 16th fairway.
A look down to the 15th tee and across the pond (formerly swamp) to the 15th fairway.
A look down across the 14th green, across the pond (formerly swamp) and up a rolling hill to the 14th tee.
In summary, there are flat areas where inland rises were visible through the leafless deciduous trees. There are depressions near the tracks where there were streams or swamps with hills not far in the distance. There were two rolling hills along the tracks, at 18 tee and 14 tee that would have blocked inland views.
Hard to imagine that Crump would not have noticed the rolling nature of the land, but that's just me.
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