PB0247 - USCGS P369 RESET, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 59.006 W 121° 29.236
10T E 621316 N 4871145
US Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark P369 RESET.
Waymark Code: WM5MMC
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located along the Cascade Lakes Highway, about 12 miles southwest of Bend. The cap is set in prominent rock outcrop, about 60 feet northeast of the highway centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1963 and was marked P369 RESET.
NGS PID PB0247 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963. 11.7 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG CENTURY DRIVE FROM THE POST OFFICE AT BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, 0.2 MILE EAST OF WOOD ROAD 2 AT THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF A PROMINENT ROCK OUTCROP, 60 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF CENTURY DRIVE, 3 FEET NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 1 1/2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A HUGE BOULDER, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A 3 BY 3-FOOT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 1 FOOT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: P369 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): Benham Falls

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: PB0247

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

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Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  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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