789+00 TEI

Recovered in Good Condition on October 2, 2006

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates	N 38.5152° W 78.4348°
Elevation	Unknown
Location	Virginia Madison County Big Meadows Quad

Mark description

Type	Unspecified Disk
Setting	Concrete Post
Monumented	Unknown by National Park Service
Description (National Park Service)	Unavailable.

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Narrative and photographs

While wandering around Big Meadows on the last day of our adventure in Shenandoah National Park, we stumbled upon a concrete post, leaning slightly, with a small survey mark disk set in its top! It appears to be a typical NPS boundary monument. Unfortunately, no further data is available. This is a wide-open, peaceful spot in the middle of the colorful meadow where we enjoyed both the hot sun and the gentle, cool breezes sweeping across the grassland. I’m glad we stayed for a while taking photographs and just wandering along the narrow paths that wind through the tall grasses and blueberry bushes.

National Park Service Unspecified Disk 789+00 TEI

An eyelevel view of the post in the meadow. The concrete is slightly eroded but in decent condition.

Looking NW toward Skyline Drive and the Byrd Visitor Center.