PE1769 - Schoodic Reset - Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park - Winter Harbor, ME - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Near Winter Harbor, within the Schoodic Peninsula portion of Acadia National Park, is this survey disk, PE1769, Schoodic Reset.

To get to the monument, from US1, turn south on Maine Route 186 through several towns, including Winter Harbor. In Winter Harbor, take a left (still Route 186) then, about 500 ft down, take a right at an intersection - follow the sign to Acadia National Park. Follow this road through the entrance (you may need to purchase a pass ahead of time at designated locations). Follow the road to a turnoff on the left for Schoodic Head. Follow this road and take the left at the fork up the slope to a parking area near the head summit. From here, walk up the trail, taking note the intersection signs (so you can go down the way you came up), to the mark by another intersection sign. The mark is embedded in the rock ledge, about four feet from the intersection sign.

The marker itself is a standard circular survey disk. The marker has the following text:

Near the edge:
"U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey - Triangulation Station"

Inside this text:
[The usual statement about disturbing the marker.]

Embossed:
"SCHOODIC - 1860"

Center:
[Triangle with a center punch]

The marker was in good condition.

The area around the disk is surrounded by trees higher than head height. The weather conditions at the time was heavy fog, so I cannot comment on how wide or far the view is. My guess that there are limited distance views.

I did not attempt to recover any of the reference points.

The following is from the 1971 recovery on the NGS Datasheet.

"PE1769'STATION IS LOCATED ON SUMMIT OF SCHOODIC HEAD, ON A SMALL,
PE1769'OPEN, BEDROCK AREA SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES, WHICH BLOCK VIEW
PE1769'IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT VERY LIMITED VIEW TO NORTHWARD.
PE1769'
PE1769'TO REACH STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN BIRCH HARBOR, GO WEST
PE1769'ON STATE ROUTE 186 FOR 1.9 MILES. TAKE T-ROAD LEFT AND FOLLOW
PE1769'MOORE RD. SOUTH FOR 1.35 MILES. ENTER ACADIA PARK AND CONTINUE
PE1769'FOR 2.35 MILES TO GRAVEL SIDE ROAD LEFT. GO LEFT FOR 0.25
PE1769'MILE. TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 1.0 MILE TO END OF ROAD. WALK
PE1769'NORTHEAST ON DIM TRAIL ALONG PINE-COVERED HILLTOP ABOUT 150
PE1769'YARDS TO STATION.
PE1769'
PE1769'STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED SCHOODIC 1860,
PE1769'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK ON HIGHEST POINT.
PE1769'
PE1769'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED NO 1,
PE1769'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK FLUSH WITH GROUND, 2 FEET
PE1769'LOWER THAN STATION.
PE1769'
PE1769'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED NO 2,
PE1769'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A BEDROCK LEDGE PROJECTING 6 INCHES
PE1769'ABOVE GROUND, AND 3 FEET LOWER THAN STATION MARK.
PE1769'
PE1769'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER THREE IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED
PE1769'SCHOODIC NO 3 1860, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK, DOWN
PE1769'ON A BARE, OPEN, ROCK POINT, 21.97 FEET LOWER THAN STATION MARK.
PE1769'
PE1769'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN
PE1769'3-1/2 MILES S OF WINTER HARBOR."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SCHOODIC [Reset] Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Hancock USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Schoodic Head 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 Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: PE1769 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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