CREST AZ MK - Ohio
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 40° 47.615 W 081° 54.130
17T E 423889 N 4516234
This is the azimuth mark for triangulation station CREST, in Wooster Township, Wayne County.
Waymark Code: WM957T
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
Views: 2

1/1/1971 by NGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LFS) THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DIRECTION BETWEEN THE REFERENCE MARKS CHECKED AS DID THE DISTANCE TO THEM. THE RADIO TOWER WAS THOUGHT TO BE TOO CLOSE AND BIG FOR A GOOD AZIMUTH OBJECT AND AN AZIMUTH MARK WAS SET AT THE REQUEST OF THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. AND WITH THEIR HELP. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NW 1/4 OF SEC. 11, T-15-N, R-13-W, ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE HILLCREST DRIVING RANGE, 149 FEET NORTHWEST OF A LONE PINE TREE, 52 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A LANE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE RANGE, 62 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 16 INCH WILD CHERRY TREE AND 31 FEET EAST OF A FENCE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CREST 1959. (NOTE 1A 7A) REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 91 FEET WEST OF THE PINE TREE, 3 FEET SOUTH OF THE FENCE AND 10 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A 5 TRUNKED WILD CHERRY TREE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CREST NO 1 1959. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 18 FEET EAST OF THE 16 INCH WILD CHERRY TREE, 8 FEET SOUTH OF THE FENCE AND 45 FEET EAST OF THE LANE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CREST NO 2 1959. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 26 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF LAKEVIEW DR., ABOUT 200 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LAKEVIEW AND CREST VIEW DRIVES, 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A POWER POLE AND 2 FEET NORTHEAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED CREST 1959 1971. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO NORTH ON THE LANE FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 30. TURN RIGHT AND GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 0.35 MILE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CRESTVIEW DR. ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON CRESTVIEW DR. FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH LAKEVIEW DR. CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ON LAKEVIEW DR. FOR ABOUT 200 FEET TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
From the intersection of U.S. Highway 30 and East Lincoln Way on the east side of Wooster, go east on East Lincoln Way for 0.65 mile to a side road right. Turn right and go south on Crestview Drive for 0.15 mile to a side road right. Turn right and go south on Lakeview Drive for about 200 feet to the azimuth mark on the right.


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