Keys to Finding the Land of Promise

In order to find the Land of Promise, we need to recognize what we are looking for. We cannot just make up ideas, such as claiming the Land of Promise was a peninsula when it does not say that in the scriptural record, or that people were in the land before and during the Nephite period (other than the jaredites), or that Jaredites survived their last battle when the scriptural record says none did, etc. If we are going to be honest in our endeavors, we cannot pick a place and then try to prove it is the location—we need to find out what the scriptural record tells us about the Land of Promise and see if any place matches those numerous descriptions.
    We need to find a land that matches what it says in the scriptural record, without changing that record or its word meanings in order to accommodate a personal preference or choice.

As an exampled, we need to find a land that has:
1. Two large land masses connected by a small and narrow neck of land that can be crossed in a day and a half [Alma 22:32; 63:5; Ether 10:20];
2. An entire land that runs north and south [Alma 22:29-33];
3. A land where the southern area is divided by a natural land form (narrow strip of wilderness) that stretches from a sea on the west to a sea on the east [Alma 22:27], with the Land of Nephi to the south and the Land of Zarahemla to the North; with the Land of Bountiful to the north of Zarahemla [Alma 22:29] and an unnamed land in between [3 Nephi 3:23; Helaman 4:5], then a narrow neck of land and the Land of Desolation [Alma 22:30] north of that and the Land of Many Waters north of that enclosing the Land of Cumorah [Mormon 6:4];
4. A defendable narrow pass [Alma 50:34; 52:9; Mormon 2:29; 3:5] connecting the Land Southward with the Land Northward;
5. A narrow pass that runs between the Sea East and the Sea West from the Land Southward into the Land Northward [Alma 50:34];
6. Mountains, “whose height is great” [Helaman 14:23];
7. An island now, or at the time of Nephi [2 Nephi 10:20];
8. Four seas surrounding the Land of Promise [Helaman 3:8]

9. A sea that divides the land [Ether 10:20];
10. A Sea South, with water surrounding the Land Southward [Alma 22:32; Helaman 3:8];
11. A body of water to the north that is “large, to exceed all” in size [Ether 15:8];
12. A Climate where Lehi landed that would grow their seeds they brought to the Land of Promise from Jerusalem [1 Nephi 18:24] which included matching climate,  temperature, soil and soil group Mediterranean Climate);
13. At least one major river that flowed from the south, with its head in the narrow strip of wilderness and ran northward past the borders of Zarahemla and to the sea [Alma 2:15; 8:3; 16:7; 22:27;];
14. Roads and Highways that were “cast up” [3 Nephi 6:8] and an earthquake could break up [Helaman 14:24], and that went from city to city, and from land to land, and from place to place (Helaman 6:7];
15. Both Gold and Silver and Copper in single ore [1 Nephi 18:25];
16. All manner of ore [1 Nephi 18:25; Ether 10:23]
17. Forts, fortifications [Alma 49:13,18; 52:6];
18. Places of “resort’ (small forts, outposts, etc. [Alma 48;5,8]
19. Fortified walls of stone about the borders of their lands [Alma 48:8; 50:5; 62:23];

20. Fortified with stone walls about their cities [Alma 48:8; Helaman 14:23];
21. A shipyard (inlet, bay, etc.) where “exceedingly large” ships could be build and launched into the West Sea and take their course “northward” [Alma 63:4,6];
22. Ruins of “all manner of buildings” in both the Land Southward and the Land Northward [2 Nephi 5:15; Jarom 1:8; Mosiah 8:8];
23. Ruins of a temple that would rival Solomon’s Temple of Jerusalem [2 Nephi 5:16];
24. Great temple tower [Mosiah 8:8; 19:5]
25. A land full of gold, silver, copper, iron, and precious ores, that was worked beginning around 2000 B.C. and continued up until 400 A.D. [2 Nephi 5:15];
26. A land where brass and steel were cast, formed and used [2 Nephi 5:15];
27. A “land of many waters, rivers and fountains” located far to the north in the Land Northward [Mormon 6:4];
28. A landing site that had in close distance a place to pitch tents, plant seeds, a forest large enough to have both wild and domesticated animals, and gold, silver and copper easily seen or found [1 Nephi 18:24-25], and also have plenty of fresh drinking water; 

Metallurgy in the Western Hemisphere began first in Ecuador/Peru around 1500 B.C. and continued through to 400 A.D.
29. Metallurgy dating to about 2000 B.C. to 400 A.D. [Helaman 6:9; Ether 10:23];
30. Textiles and the use of silks and fine-twined linen dating from at least 1000 B.C. to 400 A.D. [Alma 1:29; 4:6 26; Ether 10:24];
31. Volcanoes and earthquakes [3 Nephi 8, 9];
32. A history of circumcision as practiced by living the Law of Moses [2 Nephi 5:10];
33. Two unknown animals [Ether 9:19];
34. Two unknown grains [Mosiah 9:9];
35. Plants that cure deadly fever [Alma 46:40] such as quinine;
36. Winds and currents that lead directly from southern Arabian coast to the landing site “driven forth before the wind” [1Nephi 18:8-9];
37. No other people in the Land of Promise other than Jaredites, Lehites and Mulekites [2 Nephi 1:5-9; Ether 13:2];
38. A land of advanced civilization (coming from the Tower of Babel in 2100 B.C. (where ruins can still be seen today), and coming from the advanced city of Jerusalem in 600 B.C. (where ruins can still be seen today), that would have left behind signs and evidence of their advanced culture (that could still be seen today);
    No doubtt one could find other descriptions with a more detailed and in-depth study; however, these points would have to exist, or did exist, in the location area for that place to be the Land of Promise. And if they cannot be located to exist or did exist during Nephite times, then that area must be eliminated as the site of the Land of Promise!