Bell Reference Mark 2 in Montgomery Bell State Park, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member CuriousBM
N 36° 03.869 W 087° 16.980
16S E 474514 N 3991137
Bell Reference Mark 2 in Montgomery Bell State Park, TN
Waymark Code: WMPANK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (ELJ) STATION IS LOCATED IN THE MONTGOMERY BELL STATE PARK AT THE MONTGOMERY BELL STATE FOREST LOOKOUT TOWER ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF DICKSON AND ABOUT 5 MILES SW OF WHITE BLUFF. IT IS 46 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND 44 FEET WEST OF THE WEST CORNER OF A FRAME BUILDING. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED BELL 1953.

REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS 49 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND 43 FEET NORTH OF A CONCRETE WELL CURBING. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED BELL NO. 2 1953.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: BELL NO2 1953

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Dickson

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Burns (1986)

Special category (optional): Not listed

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: GC2558

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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