Fun Day – Geodetic Survey Benchmark Hunting
Yesterday was an enjoyable day. A new friend, Paul, and I spent the day going around town finding Geodetic Survey markers. Some were easy. Some were hard. Some were missing. One was there, but the brass plate had been broken lose, leaving only the peg in cement behind. One mark had been lost, with multiple people unable to find it. We walked to the general area, following a topographical map, and took a best guess at its location. From that spot, we looked 20 feet away to not one but TWO signs testifying to its presence, and located the spot easily. A couple marks were easy to find because I knew the area very well, and one mark led us through an old cemetary that I never knew existed. One was on the front porch of a local church, another in the front yard of a fire station, and one was high atop a concrete column at one end of what was once a railway bridge.
For a little more info on Geodetic Survey markers, or benchmarks, look here.
I can’t wait to go out again. I had a blast.
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