VICTORY AZ MK - Pennsylvania
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shorbird
N 41° 19.288 W 079° 54.128
17T E 591882 N 4575025
This is the azimuth mark for station VICTORY in Victory Township, Venango County.
Waymark Code: WM1WVQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2007
Views: 41
1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (JB) STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A WOODED HILL, ON PECAN HILL ABOUT 8 MILES BY ROAD SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 8, 11.461 METERS (37.60 FEET) EAST OF REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, WHICH IS DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE STATE FOREST FIRE TOWER, AND 16 PACES SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE LOOP IN THE ROAD LEADING TO THE FIRE TOWER. STATION MARK, NOTES 1A AND 7A, PROJECTS 5 INCHES. TO REACH FROM FRANKLIN, FROM THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE EXCHANGE HOTEL AND THE LAMBERTON BANK, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 8 FOR 7.5 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD FORKING LEFT (SOUTHEAST) AT THE SPRINGVILLE POST OFFICE. BEAR LEFT ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.4 MILE TO GATE ENTRANCE TO FIRE LOOKOUT CLEARING. TURN RIGHT THROUGH GATE AND GO 0.1 MILE TO THE FIRE TOWER AND STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 84.65 FEET (25.801 METERS) NORTH OF THE STATION, 6 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE LOOP IN THE ROAD LEADING TO THE STATION. MARK, NOTE 11A, PROJECTS 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. DISTANCE BETWEEN REFERENCE MARKS IS 94.65 FEET. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, NOTE 11A, PROJECTS 5 INCHES. THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE FIRE TOWER IS 11.1 FEET SOUTHEAST OF REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 AND THE SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST, NORTHEAST LEGS (AT BASE) ARE 11.1 FEET, 11.3 FEET, AND 10.9 FEET DISTANT RESPECTIVELY FROM REFERENCE MARK NO. 2. TO REACH AZIMUTH MARK FROM STATION GO BACK TO STATE HIGHWAY 8 AND GO NORTH 0.4 MILE. MARK IS ON LEFT, 7-1/2 PACES WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF HIGHWAY 8, ON BANK AND 18 PACES NORTH OF TWO MAIL BOXES (H.N. HOVIS AND C.O. MOYER) ON SOUTH PECAN HILL SUMMIT. THIS IS ABOUT 0.7 MILE, AIRLINE, NORTH OF THE STATION. MARK, NOTE 11A, PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 26 METERS.
Azimuth Condition: Good
Your Directions:
To reach the azimuth mark from the station return to Old Highway 8 and turn right. Go north for 0.4 mile to the mark on the left in the front lawn of house number 3611. The mark is 71.0 feet northeast of the centerline of the driveway leading to house 3611, 21.0 feet northwest of the centerline of Old Highway 8, and is set in the top of a concrete post which projects 6 inches.
Station Link: [Web Link]
Parking Coords: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
There will be no specific requirements for posting a log other than you must have visited and viewed the azimuth mark. Photos will be optional but preferrable as evidence.