Templeton Gap - 6197' - Papeton Area - Colorado Springs, CO
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N 38° 52.497 W 104° 47.883
13S E 517517 N 4302919
Metal disk set 2 foot high in concrete pedistal at the SW corner of Templeton Gap Road and Columbine Blvd, peaking out of some bushes
Waymark Code: WM3P5A
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2008
Views: 90
About 3 feet South West of the SW corner street sign for Templeton Gap Rd and Columbine Blvd. In some bushes trimmed to the level of the benchmark at the edge of a triangular-shaped residential property, across the street from a medical office complex.
The name of this monument is difficult to determine. It has altitude 6197 [feet] stamped onto it. I also has the number 13 stamped after some other numbers that look stamped out.
Templeton Gap Road was the major road leading from downtown Colorado Springs, going in a direct diagonal North East, leading into an area known as Black Forrest. It was known to follow a natural stream valley for sections. As the town has grown, this road has been cut off and in some cases taken over by a number of other major streets. So the road itself is no longer contiguous. You will find it dead ends a number of places, then continues some distance past a major street. One of the first places this happens, heading North-East, is just about .2 mile north at Union Blvd.
This monument was probably placed when the road was whole, and this was a spot, perhaps a mile-mark, along the route.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: -blank-
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
Monumentation type (if other): DB
County: El Paso County, City of Colorado Springs
Special category (optional): Not listed
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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