GAITHERSBURG OBS SOUTH (JV2610) - Gaithersburg, MD - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Disk is now showcased in center of small half-circle graveled area along the inside curve of a small trail - at a point where the trail turns from SE to SW. Disk is at grade.

Note - 4 of the 5 disks in this park are located in these little 'pull-offs' along the trail ...which incidentally is meant to simulate the path of the Earth's wobble.

These disks have also managed to get themselves listed in the National Register of Historic Places when the observatory was added in 1985.

Recovery information from the NGS datasheet is as follows:

1/1/1948 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (ANS) LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE C. AND G.S. LATITUDE OBSERVATORY, 197.1 FEET N OF S PROPERTY CORNER, 184.1 FEET E OF W PROPERTY CORNER, 146.5 FEET SW OF OBS. NORTH, 126.0 FEET WNW OF MERIDIAN-STONE HOUSING, ABOUT 88 FEET SSW OF AN 18-INCH BOX-ELDER TREE, ABOUT 86 FEET SW OF SW CORNER OF OBSERVERS RESIDENCE, IN CONCRETE POST ABOUT FLUSH WITH GROUND.

1/1/1946 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 IN GAITHERSBURG. ON THE GROUNDS OF THE C AND GS LATITUDE OBSERVATORY, 197.1 FEET NORTH OF SOUTH PROPERTY CORNER, 184.1 FEET EAST OF WEST PROPERTY CORNER, 146.5 FEET SW OF OBS. NORTH, 126.0 FEET WNW OF MERIDIAN-STONE HOUSING, ABOUT 88 FEET SSW OF 18-INCH BOX ELDER TREE, ABOUT 86 FEET SW OF SW CORNER OF OBSERVERS RESIDENCE, IN CONCRETE POST ABOUT FLUSH WITH GROUND.

1/1/1986 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

7/25/1990 by WSSC (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY WASH SUBURB SAN COMM 1990 THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7.4 KM (4.6 MI) NORTHWEST OF ROCKVILLE, 11.4 KM (7.1 MI) WSW OF OLNEY AND 7.6 KM (4.7 MI) SOUTHEAST OF GERMANTOWN IN THE CITY OF GAITHERSBURG. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE ROUTE 355 BRIDGE OVER THE CSX RAILROAD TRACKS IN GAITHERSBURG, GO SOUTH ON ROUTE 355 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) TO DESELLUM AVENUE, TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST 0.24 KM (0.15 MI) TO ITS APPARENT END. CONTINUE WEST ON A NARROW ROUGH SERVICE ROAD 0.16 KM (0.10 MI) TO THE OBSERVATORY GATE. CONTINUE THROUGH THE GATE TO THE CIRCLE DRIVE, GO AROUND THE DRIVEWAY TO THE HOUSE. THE STATION IS IN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF GAITHERSBURG. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD USCGS TRAVERSE STATION DISK WITH NO STAMPING, SET IN THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT RECESSED 0.17 M (0.56 FT) IN THE GRASS. IT IS 13.11 M (43.01 FT) WSW OF THE WEST CORNER OF A BRICK HOUSE, 19.76 M (64.83 FT) WEST OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF A BRICK HOUSE, 7.5 M (24.6 FT) NORTH OF THE FACE OF A TWIN CEDAR, 14.0 M (45.9 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE FACE OF A 0.9 M (3.0 FT) LOCUST TREE AND 11.64 M (38.19 FT) NORTHEAST OF A MAGNETIC STATION DISK STAMPED 1900 1935.

9/19/1995 by USPSQD (MARK NOT FOUND)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995 MARK NOT FOUND.

4/01/2001 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2001 (JGE)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. MARK IS FLUSH WITH GROUND.

3/03/2005 by USPSQD (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2005 (KLM)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

9/11/2013 by BASE9 (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY GEODETIC CONSULTING SERVICE 2013 (DRD)
THE STATION IS ON THE SITE OF THE GAITHERSBURG INTERNATIONAL LATITUDE OBSERVATORY PARK.

10/17/2014 by RODCON (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY RODGERS CONSULTING INC 2014 (JMB)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: GAITHERSBURG OBS SOUTH Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk County: Montgomery County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Gaithersburg - MD 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: JV2610 Local database's URL (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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