QE2663 - ODOT HAMILTON 1987 - Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
N 44° 36.097 W 124° 03.898
10T E 415484 N 4939248
G.P.S. station in the day use parking area for South Beach State Park.
Waymark Code: WMR7H2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This Oregon Dept. of Transportation G.P.S. Station was set in a round concrete monument in 1989. It is located near the northern end of the western parking island in the large day use parking lot at South Beach State Park. It is about 25 feet south of the north curb of the island in a grassy area.
NGS PID QE2663 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2000 (GAS) 4.8 KM (3.00 MI) SOUTHERLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 101 FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20 IN NEWPORT, THENCE 0.5 KM (0.30 MI) WESTERLY ALONG THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO THE SOUTH BEACH STATE PARK DAY USE AREA, THENCE 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) NORTHERLY ALONG A PARKING LOT, NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE MOST WESTERLY OF 2 ISLANDS IN THE PARKING LOT, 58.9 M (193.2 FT) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A RESTROOM BUILDING, 7.2 M (23.6 FT) SOUTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE ISLAND, 6.4 M (21.0 FT) EAST OF THE WEST CURB OF THE ISLAND, 1.8 M (5.9 FT) WEST OF THE EAST CURB OF THE ISLAND, 0.3 M (1.0 FT) ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE PARKING LOT, AND THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 0.1 M (0.3 FT) ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: HAMILTON

Benchmark Agency: State Highway Department (OR)

Monumentation type: GPS STATION Disk

County: Lincoln

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newport South

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: QE2663

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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