RIDDEL AZ MK - Pennsylvania - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (JEG) STATION IS LOCATED ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. R.L. MAYS, ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOX, 5-1/2 MILES WEST OF CLARION, 1-1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE CLARION RIVER. STATION IS REACHED FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 322 AND STATE HIGHWAY 238 IN SHIPPENVILLE BY GOING SOUTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 238 FOR 2.3 MILES TO THE JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 854, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW HIGHWAY 854, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FOR 2.9 MILES TO A GRAVELED SIDE ROAD ON THE RIGHT, CONTINUE SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 854 FOR 0.65 MILE, A LARGE BARN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE FARM HOUSE OF MR. R.L. MAYS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF MR. MAYS LAWN FOR ABOUT 300 FEET AND STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS REACHED BY CONTINUING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 854 FOR 0.1 MILE, TURN RIGHT, LEAVING THE HIGHWAY AND FOLLOW A TRACK ROAD, WEST FOR 140 FEET, KEEPING ALONG THE FENCE LINE TO A WOODED SECTION AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL, CROSS THE FENCE GO NORTH FOR 18 FEET TO THE EDGE OF TIMBER, TURN LEFT AND PACK WEST ALONG THE EDGE OF TIMBER FOR 132 FEET TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT, SET IN THE EDGE OF TIMBER LINE. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED RIDDEL 1958, SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS 1 INCH. IT IS 175 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MR. MAYS FARM HOUSE, 46 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF A CULTIVATED FIELD. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED RIDDEL NO 1 1958, SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 265 FEET NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MR. MAYS FARM HOUSE, 1 FOOT SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CULTIVATED FIELD. REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED RIDDEL NO 2 1958 SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS 1 INCH. IT IS 140 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MR. MAYS FARM HOUSE, 1 FOOT SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CULTIVATED FIELD. MEASUREMENT FROM REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 TO REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS 155 FEET. AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS 4 INCHES. IT IS 272 FEET WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 854, 170 FEET WEST OF A FENCE CORNER, 5 FEET NORTH OF A FENCE LINE WHICH IS IN THE TIMBER, 2 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF A CULTIVATED FIELD.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From the west junction of U.S. Highway 322 and State Highway 208 in Shippenville, go 2.3 miles southwest on Highway 208 to a side road left. Turn left and go 2.9 miles southeast and south on Huckleberry Ridge Road to a side road right, then continue 0.75 mile south on Huckleberry Ridge Road to a dim road right just south of a tree line. Turn right and go 272 feet west on the dim road to the mark on the right, about 10 feet south of the south edge of a cultivated field. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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