DG3183 - Kennesaw Reset, reference mark no. 2 - Kennesaw, GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 33° 58.566 W 084° 34.764
16S E 723624 N 3762146
Kennesaw Reset, reference mark no. 2, is located on top of Kennesaw Mtn in the Kennesaw Mtn National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMA2CZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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Kennesaw Reset, reference mark no. 2, is located on top of Kennesaw Mtn in the Kennesaw Mtn National Battlefield. The station maybe reach by taking the hiking path from the visitor’s center, or driving up to the parking area located at the end of Kennesaw Mountain Rd and the station is a short hike along the marked path from there. The RM is south east of the main station along the paved path and about 20 feet south of the path set on top of a bedrock outcropping about 3 feet above ground level.

Designation: KENESAW RESET - REFERENCE MARK
Marker Type: horizontal control disk
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1941 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

1/1/1968 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (LMC) THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DIRECTION TO REFERENCE MARK 1, REFERENCE MARK 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 1 WAS FOUND TO BE LONGER BY .011 METERS. THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS FOUND TO BE SHORTER BY .007 METERS. A COMPLETE NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARIETTA, 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNESAW ON KENNESAW MOUNTAIN WHICH IS INSIDE A NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD MONUMENT GROUNDS OPERATED BY THE DEPT. OF INTERIOR. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE PARK MUSEUM, WHICH IS ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARIETTA, PASS THROUGH ENTRANCE GATE AND KEEP LEFT FORK ON SURFACED ROAD GOING NORTHEAST FOR 0.15 MILE TO ANOTHER GATE. PASS THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE UP MOUNTAIN ON SURFACED ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES TO A PARKING AREA AND ETT. FROM THE PARKING AREA PACK SOUTHWEST UP SURFACED TRAIL TO THE TOP OF MOUNTAIN AND THE STATION. (5 MINUTES) TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE PARK MUSEUM, GO NORTH ON SURFACED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A T-INTERSECTION. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHWESTERLY ON OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 41 FOR 0.3 MILE TO WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES BRIDGE OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. CONTINUE NORTHWESTERLY ON OLD U.S. 41 FOR 0.2 MILE TO A LARGE ROCK OUTCROPPING ON THE RIGHT AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED KENESAW 1873 1941, SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS 82 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST LEG OF THE ATLANTA-NASHVILLE AIRWAY BEACON NO. 2, 45 FEET NORTHEAST OF A LARGE SIGN TRADING HARD BLOWS AND 5 FEET NORTH OF A SURFACED WALKWAY. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED KENESAW 1 1941, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND IS ABOUT 4 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. IT IS 20.7 FEET SOUTH OF A SURFACED WALKWAY AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF WHERE BEDROCK FALLS OFF TO THE SOUTH. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED KENESAW 1941, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND IS ABOUT 4 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION. IT IS 28 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A SIGN TRADING HARD BLOWS AND 28 FEET SOUTH OF A SURFACED WALKWAY. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED KENESAW 1941, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. IT IS 50 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 41 AND 18 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 12-INCH OAK TREE. IT IS ABOUT 20 FEET HIGHER THAN THE ROAD. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 4 FEET. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--3-1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNESAW


ATLANTA-NASHVILLE AIRWAY BEACON NO. 2 – has been removed
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: KENESAW 1941 - REFERENCE MARK

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

Monumentation type (if other): N/A

County: Cobb

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Marietta

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): N/A

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: DG3183

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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