5217

Coordinates: N 32.008067° W 109.3725°
Location: Arizona
   Cochise County
      Cochise Head Quad
Elevation: 5217 ft.
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Setting: Concrete Sidewalk
Monumented: 1934
Monumented By: U. S. Forest Service
Status: Recovered
Condition: Good as of May 18, 2007
  • Official U. S. Forest Service Description: Unavailable.
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Hungry after a day’s worth of breathtaking hiking in Chiricahua National Monument, we returned to the visitors center to ask if the rangers or volunteers had any dinner recommendations. While talking with one of the volunteers we happened to mention that we like to search for benchmarks, and she mentioned that there was one at Faraway Ranch. We just had to go there to check it out! What a treat. Not only is the ranch beautiful but the benchmark was set right into the corner of the walkway surrounding the house, easy to spot, in excellent condition, and in a very picturesque location!

U.S. Forest Service Bench Mark Disk 5217 Eyelevel view of the bench mark disk, set in the concrete walkway around the ranch house. Looking toward the gate. Looking toward one of the outbuildings that now houses a small interactive museum. View from the side yard of the house. Looking toward Chiricahua’s mountains in the distance. A view of the house, nestled in Bonita Canyon, from the fence surrounding it. What a lovely place to live!