NGS PID# MY3693 - BALD HILL RESET - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

MY3693'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (LMC)
MY3693'THERE IS NO PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION. OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE
MY3693'MASSACHUSETTS TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY COMMISSION ABOUT 1900 SHOW
MY3693'THE STATION AS BEING A DRILL HOLE ENCLOSED IN TRIANGLE CUT NEAR
MY3693'THE SOUTH END OF TOP OF BOULDER EMBEDDED IN THE WOODED SUMMIT
MY3693'OF A HILL OF THE SAME NAME.
MY3693'
MY3693'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AND A STANDARD DISK WAS CEMENTED IN
MY3693'THE DRILL HOLE FORMERLY MARKING STATION BALD HILL 1833.
MY3693'
MY3693'TWO REFERENCE POINTS, WHICH ARE DRILL HOLES IN BOULDERS, WERE
MY3693'ALSO FOUND. A NEW REFERENCE MARK, NO. 1, WAS ESTABLISHED.
MY3693'
MY3693'THE STATION IS ON THE SUMMIT OF A WOODED HILL ABOUT 1-3/4
MY3693'MILES SOUTH OF EAST DOUGLAS AND 1-1/2 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
MY3693'DOUGLAS, ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. W.R. WALLIS OF EAST DOUGLAS.
MY3693'
MY3693'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN EAST DOUGLAS, GO
MY3693'SOUTHWEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 16 (N.E. MAIN STREET) FOR 1.05 MILES
MY3693'TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT (GLENN STREET). TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHERLY
MY3693'ON GLENN STREET, WHICH IS A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.65 MILE TO A RAILROAD
MY3693'CROSSING. CONTINUE SOUTHEAST AND EAST ON A PAVED AND GRAVELED
MY3693'ROAD FOR 1.2 MILES TO A TRACK ROAD LEFT AT THE TOP OF A HILL.
MY3693'TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON THE TRACK ROAD 105 FEET TO THE
MY3693'STATION ON THE LEFT.
MY3693'
MY3693'THE STATION MARK, STAMPED BALD HILL 1833 1968, IS CEMENTED IN
MY3693'A DRILL HOLE IN A 2 BY 3-FOOT BOULDER ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE
MY3693'GROUND. IT IS 105 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF A PAVED ROAD, 12
MY3693'1/2 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD, 10 FEET SOUTH OF
MY3693'A 7-INCH OAK TREE AND 3 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST.
MY3693'(NOTE 4).
MY3693'
MY3693'REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED BALD HILL 1833 NO 1 1968, IS A
MY3693'STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A 1 BY 2-FOOT BOULDER
MY3693'PROJECTING ABOUT 5 INCHES. IT IS 11.7 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TWIN
MY3693'TRUNK OAK TREE, 4 FEET EAST OF A 7-INCH OAK TREE AND 1 FOOT
MY3693'EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. (NOTE 12C)
MY3693'
MY3693'REFERENCE POINT 1 IS A DRILL HOLE IN A 1-1/2 BY 2-FOOT BOULDER
MY3693'THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 10 INCHES. THERE IS AN ARROW CHISELED IN
MY3693'TOP OF THE ROCK POINTING TOWARD THE STATION. IT IS 40 FEET
MY3693'NORTHEAST OF THE STATION WITNESS POST, 5 FEET EAST OF THE
MY3693'CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD AND 5 FEET WEST OF A 10-INCH OAK TREE.
MY3693'
MY3693'REFERENCE POINT 2 IS A DRILL HOLE ENCLOSED IN A CHISELED
MY3693'SQUARE IN TOP OF A 1/2 BY 3-FOOT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 2
MY3693'INCHES. THERE IS ALSO A CHISELED ARROW IN TOP OF THE ROCK
MY3693'POINTING TOWARD THE STATION. IT IS 64 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER
MY3693'OF THE PAVED ROAD AND 19 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF THE TRACK
MY3693'ROAD.
MY3693'
MY3693'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 73 FEET.
MY3693'
MY3693'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN
MY3693'1-1/2 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS.
MY3693
MY3693 STATION RECOVERY (2004)
MY3693
MY3693'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2004 (DKA)
MY3693'FOUND STATION IN POOR CONDITION. 2 RM'S IN GOOD CONDITION
MY3693
MY3693 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
MY3693
MY3693'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY3693'STATION IS PRETTY BEAT UP.
MY3693'RP 1 AND RP 2 ARE GOOD.
MY3693'RM 1 IS PROBABLY GONE, THERE IS A HOUSE THERE NOW.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BALD HILL-1833-1968 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: WORCESTER USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): UXBRIDGE 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: MY3693 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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