TIDAL 8 STA 12

Recovered in Good Condition on September 12, 2007

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates	N 44.277033° W 68.313566°
Elevation	16.24 ft.
Location	Maine Hancock County Southwest Harbor Quad

Mark description

Type	Tidal Bench Mark Disk
Setting	Rock Outcrop
Monumented	1953 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. Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates for the mark are 44 16 37.3(N) 068 18 48.8(W).

Narrative and photographs

This tidal mark was an easy find after a fantastic lobster lunch at Beal’s nearby. It’s set into a rock outcrop flush with the ground in a lawn just a few feet north of Clark Point Road. The disk is in good condition with legible stamping.

NGS Tidal Bench Mark Disk TIDAL 8 STA 12

Eyelevel view of the disk set into the rock outcrop

The outcrop is flush with the level of the ground.

The outcrop is in the corner of this yard in front of the house at the intersection of Clark Point Rd. and Claremont Rd. View NNW.

Looking SE down Clark Point Rd. to the Coast Guard facility.