Pacific Milestone - San Diego, CA
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bluesnote
N 32° 42.917 W 117° 09.702
11S E 484846 N 3619735
A compass rose located on top of the Pacific Milestone in downtown San Diego.
Waymark Code: WMVZPN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2017
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The compass rose is part of a Costal Geodetic Survey benchmark, which helps determine the distance to San Diego on local road signs.
The milestone indicates:
"PACIFIC MILESTONE
DEDICATED BY
OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT
CALVIN COOLIDGE
NOV. 17, 1923"
On another side it indicates:
"OLD SPANISH TRAIL
ST. AUGUSTINE
FLORIDA
TO
SAN DIEGO
CALIF."
A third side again repeats that it is the Pacific Milestone,
and the fourth side has a plaque which reads:
"THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIEGO
IN DEDICATING THIS PACIFIC MILESTONE
NOVEMBER 17, 1923
HEREIN
GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE UNERRING EFFORTS OF
COL. ED FLETCHER
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A SOUTHERN
TRANSCONTINENTAL
HIGHWAY"