NGS Benchmark PH1678, Coney Mountain, New York - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The familiar disk of the USCGS sits atop the bare rock of Coney Mountain, intervisible with several other mountain top benchmarks in the region.

The two NGS entries read:
01 Jan 42 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES S OF THE TOWN OF TUPPER LAKE ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A BARE ROCK MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS CONEY MT. IT IS STAMPED CONEY 1942. STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE BRONZE DISKS SET IN DRILL HOLES IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE DISK SET IN CONCRETE, AS DESCRIBED IN NOTE 11A. REFERENCE MARK NO.1 IS NE OF THE STATION. IT IS STAMPED CONEY NO.1 1942. REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS NW OF THE STATION. IT IS STAMPED CONEY NO.2 1942. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS NW OF THE STATION, 30 PACES N OF AN OLD MACADAM ROADBED, 30 FEET W OF THE CENTER LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 10 AND 2 FEET S OF A WHITE REFERENCE POST. IT IS STAMPED CONEY 1942 AND PROJECTS 2 INCHES. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE TUPPER LAKE POST OFFICE GO S ON STATE HIGHWAY 10 FOR 8.85 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT. CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 1.2 MILES TO THE COUNTY LINE AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. GO LEFT UPHILL ON THE COUNTY LINE TRAIL TO A SADDLE THEN LEFT ON TRAIL TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND STATION. IT IS A 45-MINUTE PACK.
01 Jan 75 by BAKER (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY M BAKER JR INCORPORATED 1975 (KFH) CONEY 1942 GOOD CONEY NO. 1 1942 CONEY NO. 2 1942

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