Orientation Table #1 @ Washington Monument State Park - Boonsboro, MD
N 39° 30.027 W 077° 37.394
18S E 274443 N 4375600
The Washington Monument is a stone tower that was erected by the citizens of Boonsboro in 1827. The view is magnificent & this orientation table (left) allows visitors to identify important landscape components across the western horizon.
Waymark Code: WMC9JC
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2011
Views: 8
At the top of the 40 foot monument are two colorful and informative interpretives which serve two primary functions, the first is to orient the viewer to what he/she is viewing from atop the observation tower. The second, is a wild-life lesson on the indigenous avian population. This waymark is for the orientation table on the left. I was able to see the Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, the Hagerstown, Potomac, Cumberland, and Middletown Valleys, and parts of neighboring states are visible such as West Virginia. Directly in front of this lookout point is a huge boulder field, very scenic in its own right.
This orientation table points out the following locations: Antietam National Battlefield, West Virginia, Alternate US 40 and Boonsboro. The view you would be observing with the left orientation table is almost due west. There are big black arrows point down and one yellow one pointing the viewer to where North is, which of course would be to the right of the visitor.