BIRD ISLAND NC SC BOUNDARY - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This bench mark is located on Bird Island at the extreme NE end of South Carolina & the S tip of North Carolina - just beyond the first dune line. Bird Island (which at most times of the year is actually connected to the beach on the NE)extends into SC for a few hundred feet - leaving this section of SC "landlocked".

The easiest way to reach is to travel to Sunset Beach, NC & park at the pier area at the end of S. Sunset Blvd. From here it's a 2.25 mile walk SW along a very nice beach to the benchmark - and an enjoyable geocache nearby!

Details from the current NGS datasheet are as follows:

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2000 (WLL)
STATION IS LOCATED ON BIRD ISLAND. TO REACH THE STATION BY BOAT FROM THE LANDING AT CALABASH, PROCEED SOUTHERLY ALONG THE CALABASH RIVER FOR ABOUT 1.2 MILES (1.9 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE INTRA-COASTAL WATERWAY AND THE LITTLE RIVER, THENCE CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ALONG LITTLE RIVER (TAKE LEFT CHANNEL IN BAY AREA STAYING NEXT TO MARSH SHORE) FOR 2.5 MILES (4.0 KM) TO ABOUT WHERE BONAPARTE CREEK COMES INTO BAY AREA AT SALT SALINITY GAGE, THENCE TURN RIGHT INTO CHANNEL BETWEEN BAR ON RIGHT AND BIRD ISLAND ON LEFT FOR 0.4 MILE,THENCE TO SHORE AND WALK EASTERLY FOR ABOUT 500 METERS (1640.4 FT) TO STATION AND REFERENCE MARK ON SAND DUNE, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET (61.0 M) NORTH OF OCEAN. MARK IS A STANDARD NOS DISK SET ON TOP OF A COPPER WELD ROD DRIVEN 24 FEET (7.3 M) (TO REFUSAL) INSIDE A 4-INCH PVC ENCASED BY CONCRETE. MARK IS STAMPED---BIRD ISLAND NC-SC BOUNDARY 1977---.

STATION IS 15.0 FT (4.6 M) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF REFERENCE MARK 1, 116.3 FT (35.4 M) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF C.O.E. STATION---P1 STA-F CENTERLINE JETTY---, AND 76.7 FT (23.4 M) EAST-NORTHEAST OF C.O.E. STATION---20+31.63 19+94.00---. STATION PROJECTS 3 FEET.

REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED---BIRD ISLAND N0 1, 1977---, IS A STANDARD N.O.S. DISK SET ON TOP OF A COPPERWELD ROD DRIVEN TO 16 FEET,ENCASED BY CONCRETE AND PROJECTS 18-INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND.

NOTE- ON MAY 31, 2000 STATION AND REFERENCE MARK 1 WERE RECOVERED AND STABILIZED BY NCGS AND SCGS CREWS AND CHECK DISTANCES TAKEN, A SLOPE DISTANCE OF 14.90 FEET (4.54 M) WAS TAPED. MARKS ARE NOW INSIDE 24-INCH BLACK CORRUGATED PLASTIC PIPE.

STATION RECOVERY (2005)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2005
MEASURED LOCATION
N 33 51.144' W 78 32.527'

MARK IS NC/SC BOUNDARY MARKER
1977

STATION RECOVERY (2008)

RECOVERY NOTE BY SOUTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2008 (DDW)
STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST END OF BIRD ISLAND, 3.8 MI (6.1
KM) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CALABASH, NC, 4.4 MI (7.1 KM) EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
LITTLE RIVER. OWNERSHIP--STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, TOWN OF SUNSET BEACH FOR ACCESS TO STATION, CONTACT-LINDA FLUEGEL, PHONE 910-579-6297.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 179, 179 BUSINESS AND 904 (SUNSET BOULEVARD AND SEASIDE ROAD), 5.2 MI (8.4 KM) EAST OF CALABASH, GO WEST-SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 179 BUSINESS FOR 1.85 MI (3.0 KM) TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 179 BUSINESS RIGHT (SHORLINE DRIVE) AND SUNSET BOULEVARD AHEAD, CONTINUE ON SUNSET BOULEVARD FOR 1.05 MI (1.7 KM) CROSSING A SINGLE LANE WOODEN BRIDGE TO THE T-JUNCTION OF MAIN STREET, CONTINUE AHEAD THROUGH THE PARKING LOT FOR THE SUNSET BEACH PIER FOR 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) TO A BEACH ACCESS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PIER, OBTAIN PERMISSION, TURN RIGHT (SOUTHWEST) ALONG THE BEACH FOR 2.25 MI (3.6 KM) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT IN THE SECONDARY DUNE LINE. STATION IS A DISK ATTACHED TO A COPPER-CLAD ROD ENCASED IN A 2.5-FT BLACK CORRUGATED PLASTIC PIPE PROJECTING 4.0 FT (1.2 M), 15.0 FT (4.6 M) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BIRD ISLAND NC SC BOUNDARY RM 1.

NOTE-STATION IS INTERVISIBLE WITH STATE BOUNDARY MONUMENT BOUNDARY MONUMENT 1 GRANITE NC SC. RECOVERED BY D.D. WOODS. THIS IS A NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE BOUNDARY MONUMENT SET BY THE STATE BOUNDARY COMMISSION IN 1977.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BIRD ISLAND NC SC BOUNDARY 1977 Benchmark Agency: National Ocean Survey Monumentation type: Disk (unspecified type) County: Brunswick County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Little River Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: AJ5025 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

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