"Marymount" Reference Mark 1 in Fairview, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member CuriousBM
N 36° 00.038 W 087° 03.916
16S E 494117 N 3984020
"Marymount" Reference Mark 1 in Fairview, TN
Waymark Code: WMQNKH
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/08/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (ELJ)
01/01/1953 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

THE STATION IS ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINTON ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 100, ABOUT 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE ENTRANCE TO CAMP MARYMOUNT. IT IS 58 FEET NORTH OF CENTER OF HIGHWAY 100 AND 19 FEET NORTH OF WHITE WITNESS POST AND FENCE LINE. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND THE DISK STAMPED MARYMOUNT 1953. (NO FOUND DUE TO HEAVY FALLEN LEAVES ARE COVERED ON IT.)

REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 39 FEET NORTH OF CENTER OF HIGHWAY 100 AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF THE FENCE LINE. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND THE DISK STAMPED MARYMOUNT NO 1 1953. (FOUND! IT IS BEHIND THE APPROX. 16-INCH TREE WITH OLD WIRE FENCE.)
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: MARYMOUNT RM 1

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Fairview, TN

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Kingston Springs (1984)

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: GC2536

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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