NOS 853 4975 H Tidal, New Jersey
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seventhings
N 39° 17.278 W 074° 37.483
18S E 532364 N 4348800
NOS 853 4975 H Tidal is a tidal station disk mounted vertically in the abutment of the Garden State Parkway overpass of Harbor Road in Beesley’s Point, New Jersey.
Waymark Code: WM6TF
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2006
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NOS 853 4975 H Tidal is a National Ocean Survey tidal station disk mounted vertically in the northwest face of the northwest end of the southwest abutment for the bridge that carries the southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway over Great Egg Harbor Bay and Harbor Road in the Beesley’s Point section of Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey. The disk is about 14 feet south-southwest of the centerline of Harbor Road and about four feet above the ground. The disk was set by the National Ocean Survey in 1997 and documented for inclusion in the National Spatial Reference System by the New Jersey Geodetic Survey in 2000. The disk is stamped 4975 H 1977, and is in the National Geodetic Survey database at PID = AM6965 (
visit link) . To reach the station from the Garden State Parkway, take Exit 25 to County Road 623 (Roosevelt Blvd) westbound. Go northwest on County Road 623 for about 0.30 miles to the intersection with US Highway 9. Turn right and go northeast on US Highway 9 for about 1.85 miles to Harbor Road on the right, immediately before reaching the Tuckahoe Inn (note, there is no approach from the north as the US Highway 9 bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay is closed). Turn right on Harbor Road and go northeasterly for about 0.27 miles to the Garden State Parkway overpass and the station on the right. Recovery of this station first logged at the Geocaching datasheet for NJHA station BAY 1, PID = JU4425.