Benchmark: LO0779 " SPANISH FORK PEAK " - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1947 (DHK) THE STATION, A U.S. GEOLOGICAL BENCH MARK, IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A PEAK LOCALLY KNOWN AS SPANISH FORK PEAK, IN THE UINTAH NATIONAL FOREST, BETWEEN HOBBLE CREEK (TRIBUTARY TO UTAH LAKE) AND NORTH CREEK (TRIBUTARY TO SOLDIER FORK CREEK). 6.3 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TOWN OF SPANISH FORK, 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGVILLE, 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD, 12 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH BRIM, 9 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH BRIM, 8 FEET EAST OF A 6 FOOT ROCK CAIRN, SET IN TOP OF A 4 INCH PIPE, PROJECTS 2 FEET. IT HAS NO STAMPING ON MARK. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE DISK APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION, SET ON THE SIDE HILL IN A OUTCROPPING BOULDER FLUSH WITH GROUND AND IS STAMPED NO 1. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE DISK APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION, 18 FEET NORTH OF A 6 FOOT ROCK CAIRN, SET ON SIDE HILL IN AN OUTCROPPING BOULDER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED NO 2. STATION HEAVEN 1947 WAS USED AS THE AZIMUTH. TO REACH FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING IN MAPLETON. GO EAST FOR 0.85 MILE TO A T ROAD. TURN LEFT (N) AND GO 0.25 MILE TO A T ROAD. TURN RIGHT (E) AND GO 2.8 MILES UP CANYON TO A CATTLE GUARD. CROSS CATTLE GUARD AND GO 0.05 MILE TO A TRACK ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT CROSSING A SMALL STREAM AND FOLLOW THIS ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.6 MILE TO A WIRE FENCE AT A SPRING AND WATERING TROUGH. (THIS POINT IS THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL). FROM THIS POINT FOLLOW THE TRAIL SOUTHEAST UP CANYON FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.0 MILES TO A TRAIL LEADING RIGHT. TAKE THE LEFT FORK STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THE LAKE, THE STATION CAN BE SEEN FROM THE LAKE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. FOLLOW TRAIL NORTHERLY TO SADDLE THENCE LEFT AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN TO THE HIGHEST POINT AND STATION SITE. HORSES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM MR. JAMES WISCOMB, LOCATED THE SECOND HOUSE WEST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING IN MAPLETON. MR. WISCOMB IS THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE PEAK. A 2 HOUR AND 15 MINUTE HORSE PACK FROM THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SPANISH FORK PEAK Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Utah USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Spanish Fork Peak Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: LO0779 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   08/03/2021 drgw3128 visited it 07/26/2008 PeanutsParents visited it

View all visits/logs