BROWN (AE4292) - El Paso County, Colorado
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Tom.dog
N 38° 47.438 W 104° 54.235
13S E 508344 N 4293547
An NGS Horizontal Control Mark located at the parking lot for the Gold Camp Road hiking trail, West of Colorado Springs, CO.
Waymark Code: WMFTNW
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2012
Views: 8
01/01/1996 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1996 (RSC) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MI (9.7 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH GATE TO FORT CARSON, 5 MI (8.0 KM) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND 4.5 MI (7.2 KM) SOUTH OF MANITOU SPRINGS, IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, T 14 S, R 67 W. OWNERSHIP--CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS PARKS DEPT TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CHEYENNE BLVD. AND CRESTA ROAD IN WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS, GO WEST ON CHEYENNE BLVD. FOR 1.0 MI (1.6 KM) TO THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON ROAD, EVANS ROAD AND SOUTH CHEYENNE CANYON ROAD. THE STARSMORE DISCOVERY CENTER IS JUST WEST OF THIS INTERSECTION. CONTINUE AHEAD, WEST, UP NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON ROAD FOR 3.3 MI, (5.3 KM) PAST HELEN HUNT FALLS, TO THE END OF PAVEMENT AND A PARKING AREA WHERE THE STATION IS LOCATED THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A GRANITE BOULDER, 2.7 M (8.9 FT) BY 1.5 M (4.9 FT) BY 0.8 M (2.6 FT) HIGH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. IT IS 48.0 M (157.5 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE NORTH POST HINGE FOR A GATE TO A ROAD GOING UPHILL (HIGH ROAD) , 43.4 M (142.4 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE TIP OF THE GORE BETWEEN TWO ROADS GOING EAST OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND 31.5 M (103.3 FT) NORTH FROM THE HINGE ON THE GATE POST TO THE PARKING LOT.
The disk is still located just as the description says.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: BROWN
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: HORIZONTAL CONTROL Disk
County: El Paso
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Manitou Springs
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: AE4292
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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