The Rock
Posted by: PFF
N 35° 50.889 W 079° 12.580
17S E 661675 N 3968585
Roadside survey mark in a unique setting, located in northeastern Chatham County, a few miles southwest of Chapel Hill/Carrboro.
Waymark Code: WM489
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2005
Published By: PFF
Views: 28
This is the Azimuth Mark for NGS station HUNT (EZ2882). It once carried the PID EZ5947, but has been removed from the NGS database. Besides being in a unique setting beside a seven-foot rock outcrop, the mark has an interesting history. Originally, mark was stamped HUNTER, and that is the name on topo maps. However, the property owner (at the time the mark was set) was a Mr. Hunt. He pestered the survey crew until they restamped the name. If you look closely at the disk, you can see where the letters "ER" were chiseled away!
The disk is just west of Frosty's Trading Post. Here are the directions:
TO REACH FROM JONES FERRY RD, PROCEED WEST ON CRAWFORD DAIRY ROAD (SR1539) FOR ONE MILE TO A SEVEN-FOOT TALL ROCK OUTCROP ON LEFT, JUST BEFORE CHICKEN BRIDGE ROAD (SR1545), AND AZMIUTH MARK MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY IN A SMALL OUTCROP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TALL ROCK.
[NOTE: The main station is deep within private property. Recreational recovery is not recommended.]
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: HUNT 1962
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: AZIMUTH MARK Disk
Monumentation type (if other): AZ MARK
County: CHATHAM
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
- A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
- 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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