GOSPEL HILL RM 2 (KX0065) - Altoona PA
N 40° 30.950 W 078° 24.363
17T E 719755 N 4488245
This disk is in Gospel Hill Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This is between 14th and 15th Streets, and reached by 14th Avenue, or by the stairs from the Cathedral on 13th Avenue.
Waymark Code: WM13KAQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2020
Views: 6
01/01/1966 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 AT ALTOONA. AT THE STATION SITE DESCRIBED, 86.5 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE STATION, 55.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF FLAGPOLE, 19.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE WARD MEMORIAL MONUMENT, SET ON THE TOP OF AN ABANDONED CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR GUN FOUNDATION AND 1 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.
If you find a very large flag, it is slightly downhill on the Cathedral side.
Condition: Mark found in poor condition
Designation: GOSPEL HILL RM 2
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk
County: Altoona, Blair County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Altoona
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: KX0065
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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