PINE RM 2

Recovered in Good Condition on October 9, 2004

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates N 41.342° W 75.277066°
Elevation 1725.27 ft.
Location Pennsylvania
   Pike County
      Newfoundland Quad

Mark description

Type Reference Mark Disk
Setting Boulder
Monumented 1959 by NGS
Description (NGS)NGS Datasheet
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A report on the condition of this survey mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:

Recovered in good condition. The blazed tree and witness marker no longer exist.

This station is located in the Pine Lake section of the Delaware State Forest. To reach the station from the intersection of State Route 507 and Beaver Dam Road north of Greentown, follow Beaver Dam Rd. southeast for 1.55 mi to a gated woods road on the left (the Beaver Dam Trailhead, trail marker no. 120). Follow this trail northeasterly for 0.5 mi then easterly for 0.3 mi, then bushwhack approximately 500 feet directly to the mark atop a low hill.

Narrative and photographs

For more information about this reference mark, see its parent mark PINE.

This reference mark was found in good condition as described, set in a boulder in the Pine Lake section of the Delaware State Forest. No blazed trees or witness marker were found at this location.

NGS Reference Mark Disk PINE RM 2 Eyelevel view of the disk on the cleared-off boulder. We had to roll back some of the moss to find this one. Looking approximately N to station, where Rich stands.

Recovered in good condition.

Reference mark PINE NO. 2 is set in the top of a large, flat, mostly exposed, outcropping boulder projecting about 4 inches above ground level, and located on a low hill in the Pine Lake section of the Delaware State Forest. The blazed tree and the witness marker no longer exist.

NGS Reference Mark Disk PINE RM 2 GPSr and the reference mark. Eyelevel view of reference mark and setting. Orientation view, to north (Zhanna at station).
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