Grant's Tomb Dome - New York, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 48.808 W 073° 57.783
18T E 587454 N 4518567
The dome of 18th President's final resting place is an official benchmark.
Waymark Code: WMYN3F
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2018
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Grant's Tomb, formally known as General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826–1902). Completed in 1897, the tomb is located in Riverside Park in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, across Riverside Drive from Riverside Church. It was placed under the management of the National Park Service in 1958."
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: MANHATTAN GRANTS TOMB DOME
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Monumentation type: Cupola
County: New York
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): New York
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: KU4009
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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Visit Instructions:
- A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
- A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.