T17S R9E S34 35 T18S R9E S3 2 COR - Deschutes Country, OR - Public Land Survey Marks on Waymarking.com

From the parking area at Todd Lake, off Cascade Lakes Highway west of Bend, travel generally NE on FR370 for about 3.5 miles. Turn right on a connector trail, continue for 0.2 miles, then hike northbound for about 2.3 miles on the Metolius-Windigo Trail #99 to a LOCATION POSTER and the corner on the right, some distance away.

Type of survey mark: 2-1/2" aluminum cap on aluminum pipe in collar of stones; rising 2" What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?: The corner is uphill, 2760' S from the trail. There is a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign mounted on a bent-to-the-ground U-post, which bears N, 3' distant. Found three lodgepole pines (one a snag) and a subalpine fir each with a yellow BEARING TREE tag and a LAND SURVEY MONUMENT sign on the reverse side. Found an additional accessory, WAYMARK WMMNMY, a 3-1/4" aluminum cap on rebar, stamped GPS 93 2003, which bears SSW, 240' distant. Based on field measured GPS UTM grid coordinates, the present corner bears N88.7°E from WAYMARK WMMJHF, 2661' distant. What property is this mark defining?: Deschutes National Forest; the corner is described as MONUMENT #15 in survey CS17230, filed in Deschutes County Surveyors Office.

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