NGS PID# MY3660 - HAGAR RESET
Posted by: Ganuman
N 42° 27.925 W 071° 32.455
19T E 291101 N 4704581
NGS PID# MY3660 - HAGAR RESET
Waymark Code: WMCKM5
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2011
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MY3660'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3660'AN OCCUPIED SECOND-ORDER STATION MARKED BY A STANDARD STATE SURVEY
MY3660'DISK, STAMPED HAGAR 1894-1938, SET IN A 20-BY 20-FOOT LEVEL
MY3660'LEDGE OUTCROP, IN ORIGINAL DRILL HOLE FORMERLY MARKING
MY3660'MASSACHUSETTS STATE STATION HAGAR, 1894.
MY3660'
MY3660'STATION IS LOCATED ON SW SLOPE OF A HILL, ABOUT 250 YARDS SW
MY3660'FROM, AND 30 FEET LOWER THAN, THE SUMMIT, AND ABOUT 300 YARDS E
MY3660'OF BOXBORO-HARVARD-STOW TOWN CORNER, IN NW CORNER OF STOW, ON
MY3660'LAND OF PAUL JAASKELA WHO LIVES IN THE TOWN OF HARVARD. STATION
MY3660'IS 130 YARDS N ALONG A CLEARED LINE FROM AN E-W STONE WALL ON
MY3660'S FACE OF HILL, 240 FEET W FROM A N-S STONE WALL CROSSING THE
MY3660'HILL W OF SUMMIT, 66.1 FEET S FROM A 50-FOOT DEAD PINE TREE, AND
MY3660'17.2 FEET N OF A 10-INCH WHITE PINE TREE.
MY3660'
MY3660'REFERENCE MARKS ARE TWO STATE STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS, STAMPED
MY3660'HAGAR, 1894-1938, MGS, R.M.NO.1 AND R.M.NO.2 RESPECTIVELY, SET
MY3660'BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY IN 1938, LOCATED AS FOLLOWS--
MY3660'
MY3660'REFERENCE MARK NO.1, IN NORTHERLY EXPOSED EDGE OF LEDGE OUTCROP,
MY3660'11.79 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 214 DEG 20 MIN 01 SEC FROM
MY3660'STATION.
MY3660'
MY3660'REFERENCE MARK NO.2, IN TOP OF 6- BY 4-FOOT BY 20-INCH BOULDER,
MY3660'47.71 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 278 DEG 52 MIN 55 SEC FROM STATION.
MY3660'
MY3660'REFERENCE MARK NO.1 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.2, 43.98 FEET.
MY3660'
MY3660'STATION IS SURROUNDED BY SCRUB OAK AND OCCASIONAL YOUNG WHITE
MY3660'PINES AND 20-FOOT OAK TREES. STATIONS SPINDLE HILL, AND MARLBORO,
MY3660'ARE VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND.
MY3660'
MY3660'TO REACH STATION FROM JUNCTION OF GREAT ROAD, HIGHWAY 117, AND
MY3660'HIGHWAY 62, AT CENTER OF STOW VILLAGE, FOLLOW GREAT ROAD W 1.1
MY3660'MILES TO A ROAD ON RIGHT, KNOWN AS HARVARD ROAD, MARKED BY A
MY3660'SIGN ON W CORNER HARVARD 6 M 1842. FOLLOW THIS TARRED ROAD W,
MY3660'AND N, PASSING T-INTERSECTIONS ON LEFT, AND 0.8 AND 2.1 MILES
MY3660'AND BEARING LEFT AT FORK AT 2.3 MILES TO 36-INCH PINE ON RIGHT
MY3660'AT LEFT TURN IN ROAD AT 2.6 MILES. WALK THROUGH GATE BY LARGE
MY3660'PINE, FOLLOW STONE WALL N FOR 50 YARDS, CROSS WALL AND WALK 200
MY3660'YARDS NNW TOWARDS LARGE DEAD PINE AND STATION.
MY3660'
MY3660'THE VIEW FROM E THROUGH S TO W IS CLEAR IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
MY3660'
MY3660'A 35-FOOT TOWER WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CLEAR TREES FROM W TO N,
MY3660'AND A 90-FOOT TOWER TO CLEAR TREES ON SUMMIT IN NE SECTOR.
MY3660'
MY3660'A 22-FOOT TOWER WAS USED IN 1938.
MY3660
MY3660 STATION RECOVERY (2000)
MY3660
MY3660'RECOVERY NOTE BY INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS 2000 (GDT)
MY3660'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY3660
MY3660 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
MY3660
MY3660'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY3660'STATION, RM1 AND RM2 RECOVERED.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: HAGAR 1894-1938
Benchmark Agency: Not listed
Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk
County: MIDDLESEX
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): HUDSON
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]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
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