GA0515 - A 144 RESET - TriCities Regional Airport
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler
N 36° 28.916 W 082° 24.449
17S E 373919 N 4038324
Benchmark at TriCities Regional Airport takes a bit of figuring out how to approach around the building and fence
Waymark Code: WM5742
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
Views: 5

Official description: THE MARK IS LOCATED ON THE TRI-CITY AIRPORT, SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. IT IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE 5 FOOT BY 6 FOOT DECK OF ELECTRIC CABLE HANDHOLE DESIGNATED H.H. 22, 59.7 FEET NW OF A FIRE HYDRANT, 47.7 FEET NW OF THE SW CORNER OF THE FAA AND WEATHER BUREAU BUILDING, 15.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF THE ENTRANCE STEPS TO THIS BUILDING, 6 FEET NNE OF THE CENTER OF A SIDEWALK, 3.3 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE METAL HANDHOLE COVER, 0.4 FOOT ESE OF THE NW EDGE OF THE CONCRETE DECK, AND 0.4 FOOT SSW OF THE NE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE DECK.

Last found 7/5/04. You have to circle the building to get to the actual cache outside the airport perimeter fence. NWS building still exists as does the hydrant. BM shares the concrete deck with a manhole cover.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: A 144 RESET 1967

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Sullivan County

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: GA0515

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

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