USACE - SOUTH UNCANOONUC - Goffstown, NH
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member king.hubi
N 42° 58.951 W 071° 35.310
19T E 288950 N 4762124
A traverse station from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) located on the summit of South Uncanoonuc Mountain in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
Waymark Code: WM8MNT
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2


This traverse station from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is located on the summit of South Uncanoonuc Mountain in Goffstown, New Hampshire. The disk is sitting horizontal in the top of a 1x1 foot concrete block leveled with the ground.

The disk was found in a good condition, it has two circles with the datum point in middle. The disk has no stamping but shows four blank rectangular fields for SURVEY, NO., YEAR and LAT./LON. POSITION. It also shows the text U.S. ARMY - CORPS OF ENGINEERS - WAR DEPARTMENT. The station is not listed in the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) database.

To reach the station from the junction of State Route 114 and Mountain Road in Goffstown, go south for 3.4 MI (5.5 KM) on Mountain Road until you reach the Y-junction (Browns Corner) with Roby Road and Back Mountain Road. Turn left and go east for 0.40 MI (0.64 KM) on Back Mountain Road. Turn left at the junction with Summit Road and go north-east for 1.2 MI (1.9 KM) on Summit Road up to the mountain. At the top of the mountain take another left on Perimeter Road and go around the summit to its east side. From here walk west the last meters up an dirt path to the summit.

$250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK

Enjoy the vistas from South Uncanoonuc Mountain.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk

County: Hillsborough, New Hampshire

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pinardville

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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