Some of my photos of the place that partly inspired this story..... (these are from a few years ago..)

more under cut >

What it looks like now:

the satellite images off google maps, which is evidently from before they started the most recent development:

that tiny patch of trees at the top of the line  of trees, on the other side of the road, is the part with the weird concrete pig pens (or whatever they are), and it seems way bigger when you're in there.