LV1165 - NGS PIN 1927 NO 2 1974 - California - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Reference mark set by the National Geodetic Survey in 1974 for the 1927 point PIN but it is not listed on the data sheet for PIN (LV1165). The reference mark is located at the top of Lookout Rock in Patrick’s Point State Park about 5 miles north of Trinidad, California. The point is reached by a trail which begins from the Patrick’s Point trailhead parking lot. The reference mark is locate in a rock outcrop near the top of the trail to the summit Lookout Rock. The cap is marked PIN 1927 NO 2 1974. About 20 feet away is a cutoff piece 3/4” pipe cemented into bedrock, which is probably the original (1927) location of PIN.
NGS PID LV1165 - (visit link)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1939 (EWE) THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION IS NOW OBSOLETE. STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- STATION IS LOCATED IN PATRICKS POINT STATE PARK, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES N OF TRINIDAD HEAD LIGHTHOUSE AND ABOUT 300 METERS E OF THE HIGH-WATER LINE. IT IS ON TOP OF THE HIGHEST AND MOST PROMINENT PINNACLE IN THE PARK, THIS PINNACLE IS NOW USED AS A LOOKOUT POINT BY VISITORS TO THE POINT. THE REFERENCE MARK IS ON THE W EDGE OF THE PINNACLE TOWARD THE OCEAN. A 15-FOOT HYDROGRAPHIC SIGNAL WAS BUILT 2 METERS N OF THE STATION. TO REACH THE STATION FROM ARCATA, GO N ON THE REDWOOD HIGHWAY (U.S. 101) FOR 15 MILES TO TRINIDAD POST OFFICE. CONTINUE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 101 FOR 4.5 MILES TO A SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE RIGHT. CONTINUE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 101 FOR 1.0 MILE TO A ROAD TO THE LEFT AT THE ENTRANCE TO PATRICKS POINT STATE PARK. TURN LEFT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND FOLLOW THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THE PARK FOR 0.65 MILE TO THE S SIDE OF THE PINNACLE ROCK. FROM HERE, THERE ARE RUSTIC STEPS AND A TRAIL LEADING TO THE TOP AND THE STATION, A CLIMB OF APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: PIN 1927 NO 2 Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Humboldt USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Trinidad Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: LV1165 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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