Cougar Reference Mark No. 3
Posted by: sealawyer98
N 47° 32.511 W 122° 05.892
10T E 567863 N 5265774
Reference mark located in Radar Park atop Cougar Mountain in an abandoned military defense area that is now a King County Park.
Waymark Code: WMA7HV
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2010
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The following description comes from the NGS data sheet for the Cougar benchmark
PID SY3574
REFERENCE MARK 3 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED COUGAR NO 3 1973. IT
IS CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A 3 BY 6-FOOT CONCRETE SLAB WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 4 INCHES. IT IS 51 FEET SOUTH OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE, 44 FEET NORTH OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND 2.0 FEET WEST OF A 4 BY 4-INCH WOODEN SY3574''WITNESS POST.
Today, the witness post is missing and the fence is gone. It can easily be found as it sits next to a tree that is in a grass field.