PB0251 - USCGS S369, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 43° 59.613 W 121° 25.939
10T E 625701 N 4872351
US Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark S369.
Waymark Code: WM5MMM
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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This benchmark is located along an abandoned segment of the Cascade Lakes Highway, about 9 miles southwest of Bend. The cap is set in rock outcrop, about 30 feet west of the old highway centerline. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1942 and was marked S369.
NGS PID PB0251 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1963. 8.8 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG CENTURY DRIVE FROM THE POST OFFICE AT BEND, 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF THE DIRT ROAD WEST TO TUMALO LAKE, 325 FEET SOUTH OF A METAL CULVERT UNDER THE HIGHWAY, 32 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF CENTURY DRIVE AND 2 FEET WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST IN A 2 BY 5 FOOT ROCK OUTCROP THAT PROJECTS 1 FOOT.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: S369

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: PB0251

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

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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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