Katahdin Reference Marker # 1
N 45° 54.300 W 068° 55.300
19T E 506075 N 5083495
Baxter Peak Cairn Reference Marker # 1
Waymark Code: WM4CNV
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2008
Views: 19
As a land surveyor this was a grewt find! The last 2 of my 6 children have now been to the top and another son from Fort McMurray made his 4th ascent. We were accompanied by my nephew and brother-in-law, for whom this was his 94th ascent of the peak. Stayed for night prior and after at Bear Brook campground, rained whole time, took a load of soaked gear home. We had a truly miserable hike up Cathedral and down Saddle. Heavy rain, high winds, brutal cold, literally feared for hypothermia, many sections of trail were literally brooks we waded in. Such heavy rain we could barely see next climber and almost impossible to take pics, only got 1 of geodetic benchmark and 1 of rest of party, not even a pic of me at summit. But in spite of it all, it was a great family memory and B was by far the youngest climber to make it up that day!
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Katahdin USGS 1941 RM1
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
Special category (optional): Not listed
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
NGS PID: QG1449
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
County: Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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