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N 36° 08.190 W 081° 38.600
17S E 442117 N 3999280
Benchmark on the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Boone, NC.
Waymark Code:
WM3ZJ
Location:
North Carolina, United States
Date Posted:
11/20/2005
Published By:
Black Dog Trackers
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LIGHTENING (DF8579) was set by GEOMETRICS GPS INCORPORATED in 2002. (This is a height modernization survey station.) The precise location is:
N36 08.190309
W81 38.599878
It is located at the Thunder overlook, milepost 390.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, just east of the US321 entrance between Blowing Rock and Boone. (This location is about 10 minutes drive from Tweetsie Railroad.)
The disk is on the north side of the Parkway. It is 79.7 feet, magnetic bearing 260 degrees, from station THUNDER (FZ2041), which is in poor condition.
The disk is 17.9 feet southeast of a fence post with an alum ref tag, and 17.6 feet southwest of a post with a ref tag. (The tags are visible from the parking lot.) The disk is mounted in a rock and is flush with the ground.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
LIGHTENING
Benchmark Agency:
other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other):
NCGS
Monumentation type:
BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County:
WATAUGA
Find type:
Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional):
[Web Link]
NGS PID:
DF8579
Monumentation type (if other):
Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Not listed
Special category (optional):
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Special Category (if other):
Not listed
Local database's URL (optional):
Not listed
Visit Instructions:
A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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