NCGS - Brooks (DM5418) - Cary, NC
N 35° 48.022 W 078° 53.666
17S E 690260 N 3963852
2009 Horizontal Control located at Thomas Brooks Park in Cary, NC.
Waymark Code: WM12QJ0
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2020
Views: 3
Thomas Brooks Park (9008 Green Level Church Rd, Cary, NC 27519) has several geocaches and now 2 Waymarks to find. A great place to spend an hour or two.
Parking coordinates: N35 48.017 W078 53.619.
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 2009 (WMK)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4.3 MI (6.9 KM) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
MORRISVILLE, 2.2 MI (3.5 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF UPCHURCH AND 1.6 MI
(2.6 KM) NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREEN LEVEL.
PROCEED ALONG NC 55 FOR 3.80 MI (6.1 KM) NORTH FROM US 64, THENCE WEST
ALONG SR 1621 (GREEN HOPE SCHOOL ROAD) FOR 1.5 MI (2.4 KM) TO BROOKS
PARK LANE AND STATION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.
MARK IS ABOUT 1.0 FT (0.3 M) HIGHER THAN GREEN HOPE SCHOOL ROAD AND IS
FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. MARK IS 45.8 FT (14.0 M) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
THE CENTERLINE OF GREEN HOPE SCHOOL ROAD, 76.3 FT (23.3 M)
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF BROOKS PARK AVENUE, 192.2 FT (58.6
EAST OF THE SOUTH END OF A 15 INCH (38 CM) CONCRETE CULVERT UNDER
GREEN HOPE SCHOOL ROAD, 40.4 FT (12.3 M) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF A FIRE
HYDRANT, AND 22.3 FT (6.8 M) SOUTHWEST OF A POWER POLE WITH
TRANSFORMER WITH REFERENCE TAG.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Brooks
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk
County: Cary
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): GREEN LEVEL (2019)
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: DM5418
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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