
USGS MARK NEAR TUSCA 1935 - Perry County, PA
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Ernmark
N 40° 27.559 W 077° 24.918
18T E 295209 N 4481540
USGS disk set 8 inches N of Reference Mark 2 for US Coast & Geodetic Survey triangulation station "TUSCA" along the Juniata/Perry County border.
Waymark Code: WM2GNA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2007
Views: 45
This disk is located about 150 feet N of the unpaved road running along the top of Tuscarora Mountain at the Juniata-Perry County line - 1.5 miles SW of where PA 74 croses the mountain.
The disk is 12.830 meters S (185°) of "TUSCA" - NGS PID # KW2864 at the location of TUSCA Reference Mark #2.
This disk can be reached from Ickesburg by travelling NW along PA 74 to the Perry-Juniata County line. At this point the highway turns left. Turn left at the gravel road (Pete Rice Jr. RD) which veers left & follow up the mountain for 1.5 miles to the disk(s) on the right.
Note - this is a gated road & may be closed at various times of the year.