PB0466 - USCGS M369 RESET, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 58.937 W 121° 31.314
10T E 618541 N 4870966
US Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark M369 RESET.
Waymark Code: WM5M80
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located along the Cascade Lakes Highway, about 13.5 miles southwest of Bend. The cap is set in square concrete post, about 70 feet north of the highway centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1963 and was marked M369 RESET. The Cascade Lakes Highway was rebuilt and widened in 1965.
NGS PID PB0466 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963. 13.5 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG CENTURY DRIVE FROM THE POST OFFICE AT BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, 0.15 MILE WEST OF WOOD ROAD 6, 71 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF CENTURY DRIVE, 1 FOOT EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 3 INCHES.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: M369 RESET

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Deschutes

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Wanoga Butte

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: PB0466

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

Visit Instructions:
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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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