SY2763 - BROWN RM 2 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

SY2763 STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1990
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 53.1 KM (33.0 MI) EAST OF SHELTON, 38.6
KM (24.0 MI) SOUTH OF SEATTLE, 37.0 KM (23.0 MI) SOUTHEAST OF PORT
ORCHARD, ON THE NORTHEAST SHORELINE OF COMMENCEMENT BAY, NEAR THE
BROWNS POINT LIGHT HOUSE IN TACOMA AND ON PARK LAND.
TO REACH FROM EXIT 137 ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5 AT FIFE, GO NORTH ON
54TH AVENUE EAST FOR 1.93 KM (1.20 MI) TO THE INTERSECTION OF MARINE
VIEW DRIVE. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHEAST ON MARINE VIEW DRIVE FOR
2.90 KM (1.80 MI) TO A T-INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON
MARINE VIEW DRIVE FOR 4.51 KM (2.80 MI) TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN
LEFT AND GO WEST ON LE-LOW0WA PLACE FOR 0.64 KM (0.40 MI) TO A FORK.
TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO NORTH ON TOK-A-LOU PLACE FOR 0.48 KM
(0.30 MI) TO THE BROWNS POINT PARK ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO
WEST ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD FOR 0.16 KM (0.10 MI) TO THE PARK PAVILLION
AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. WALK NORTH FOR ABOUIT 76 M (249.3 FT)
TO THE LIGHT HOUSE AND THE STATION.
THE MARK IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A CONCRETE ANCHOR BLOCK THAT IS
FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 27.555 M (90.403 FT) NORTHEAST
OF STATION BROWN 1921, 18.1 M (59.4 FT) EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BASE OF THE LIOGHT HOUSE, 7.5 M (24.6 FT)
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CONCRETE BUILDING AND
6.7 M (22.0 FT) SOUTHEAST OF A WOODEN FENCE.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BROWN NO 2 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Pierce USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tacoma North 1994 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] NGS PID: SY2763 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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