GB0560 (N 236) USC&GS Benchmark Disk - Campbell Co , TN
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N 36° 23.052 W 084° 15.213
16S E 746352 N 4030067
An easy to find USC&GS benchmark disk in Campbell County TN.
Waymark Code: WM13H26
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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An easy to find USGS benchmark disk in Campbell County TN. You can drive to within a few feet of this one. You can not access this one from I75. Please use the small side road off of Hwy 63 (Howard Baker Hwy)

USGS description below:

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1968 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 4.9 MI SE FROM PIONEER. THIS MARK IS ABOUT 6.35 MILES NORTH ALONG INTERSTATE ROUTE 75 FROM THE U.S. HIGHWAY 25W INTERCHANGE AT CARYVILLE TO THE ROYAL BLUE ROAD INTERCHANGE, THENCE 0.1 OF A MILE NORTHERLY ON ROYAL BLUE ROAD TO A FORK, THENCE RIGHT CONTINUING NORTHERLY ON ROYAL BLUE ROAD 0.5 TO WHERE THE ROAD CURVES WEST AT A SMALL CONCRETE BRIDGE AND THE MARK IN THE SOUTH CONCRETE HEADWALL OF THIS BRIDGE. IT IS NEAR THE WEST END OF THE SOUTH HEADWALL OF THE BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET WEST OF THE MEDIAN OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 75 NEAR STATION 792 + 50, 10 FEET SOUTH OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF ROYAL BLUE ROAD, 1.8 FEET EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND SIGN, AND ABOUT 1.5 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD. IT IS A STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE HEADWALL AND THE DISK IS STAMPED N 236 1961.

Designation:
N 236

Marker Type:
bench mark disk

Setting:
massive structures

Stability:
Probably hold position/elevation well.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: N 236

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Campbell County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pioneer

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: GB0560

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

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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