U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Trafic Radar Tower - San Francisco, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
N 37° 48.579 W 122° 21.922
10S E 555863 N 4184885
A benchmark radar tower used by the coast guard on Yerba Buena Island.
Waymark Code: WMRBRD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The tower can be seen at the tallest part of the island. If you are heading westbound towards San Francisco from Oakland, it is very easy to spot it as you are traveling into the tunnel on Yerba Island. It's at the very top of the entrance.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: USCG VESSEL TRAF SYS RADAR YBI

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Monumentation type: Microwave Tower

County: San Francisco

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): San Fransisco

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: HT2991

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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