5217

Recovered in Good Condition on May 18, 2007

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates	N 32.008067° W 109.3725°
Elevation	5217 ft.
Location	Arizona Cochise County Cochise Head Quad

Mark description

Type	Bench Mark Disk
Setting	Concrete Sidewalk
Monumented	1934 by U. S. Forest Service
Description (U. S. Forest Service)	Unavailable.

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Narrative and photographs

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 one of the outbuildings that now houses a small interactive museum.

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!