CLIFF RM 3 - Anacortes WA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1955 (ANS) STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK 1 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS MISSING, BUT THE ORIGINAL DRILL HOLE WAS FOUND AND A NEW MARK, STAMPED CLIFF NO 3 1927 1955, WAS CEMENTED IN THE HOLD. STATION IS ON THE SE SIDE OF CAPSANTE HEAD AND ABOUT 0.1 MI. FROM ITS S EXTREMITY. IT IS ON THE TOP OF A ROUND DOME AT THE TOP OF A 150-FT. BLUFF, 3 M. BACK FROM THE BLUFF EDGE. THERE IS A TALL STAND OF MADRONA AND FIR TREES NEARBY. THE PORCH OF A WHITE PROMINENT COLONIAL STYLE HOUSE IS JUST VISIBLE TO THE N, AND THE SE POINT OF GUEMES ISLAND AND THE W TANGENT OF SADDLEBAG ISLAND ARE JUST OPEN ON THEIR RANGE. A PATH LEADS ALMOST TO THE STATION FROM A LANE ON TOP OF THE S HEIGHTS OF CAPSANTE HEAD, THIS PATH TAKES OFF FROM THE LANE JUST N AND E OF THE LOOP THAT TERMINATES THE LANE. ALSO A PATH LEADS TO THE S FROM THE COLONIAL TYPE HOUSE TO A POINT ALMOST AT THE STATION. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED CLIFF 27 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED NO 1 1927 CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK AT THE BLUFF EDGE S FROM AND 2 FT. HIGHER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS COMPLETELY LOST. REFERENCE MARK 3 IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED CLIFF NO 3 1927 1955 CEMENTED IN THE ORIGINAL DRILL HOLE OF REFERENCE MARK 2 1927 WHICH WAS FOUND REMOVED. IT IS N FROM THE STATION, ACROSS A PROMINENT CREVICE, SET ON A SLANTING FACE OF BEDROCK WHICH FACES MARCH POINT. MARK IS ABOUT 4 FT. LOWER THAN THE STATION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: CLIFF NO 3 1927 1955 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Skagit USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Anacortes North 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: none 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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