SKYLAND B (AI5757)

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State: VA
County: Madison
Quad: Big Meadows
Location: N 38° 35.580' W078° 22.538'
Elevation: 3696 ft.
Designation: SKYLAND B 1999
Setting: Round Concrete Monument
Type: Gravity Station Disk
Year: 1999
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 02 October 2006

Rich and I found this mark as described, in the parking lot for the Stony Man trailhead. We were in this very same spot yesterday when we hiked the Stony Man Trail, but (believe it or not) I was feeling "benchmarked-out" and was more in the mood for dinner than for documenting yet another mark. So we headed to Skyland for a delicious, relaxing meal, and came back today to photograph this mark. We found the disk to be in good condition, and no changes to the datasheet description are necessary.

A report on the condition of this mark has been submitted to NGS.

Zhanna

NGS Official Description, 1999 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2000 (RWA) FROM THE JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 211 AND SKYLINE DRIVE AT THORNTON GAP GO 10.0 MILES (9.99 KM) SOUTH ALONG SKYLINE DRIVE WINDING CURVES TO THE JUNCTION OF A ROAD TO SKYLAND RECREATIONAL AREA, THENCE 0.005 KM (0.08 MI) NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SKYLAND ROAD TO A PAVED ROAD NORTHERLY TO A PARKING AREA, THENCE RIGHT (NORTHEASTERLY) FOR 0.05 MI (0.08 KM) TO MARK ON THE RIGHT AT A ASPHALT WALKWAY WHERE THE SIGN FOR STONY MTN TRAILHEAD ONCE STOOD, A CONCRETE POST FLUSH AND SURROUNDED BY THE ASPHALT WALKWAY, 139.7 FEET (42.6 M) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF SKYLAND ROAD, 21.3 FEET (6.5 M) NORTHWEST OF A 2.5 FOOT BASE OF AN OAK TREE, 55.5 FEET (16.9 M) SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH EDGE OF A BROWN STEEL PIPE SUPPORTING A STEEL BOX FOR PAMLETS, 10.9 FEET (3.3 M) SOUTHEAST OF A CURB, 51.6 FEET (15.7 M) SOUTHWEST OF NORTH METAL POST OF TWO FOR A SIGN FOR THE LAY OUT FOR STONY MTN TRAILHEAD, AND 137.4 FEET (41.9 M) EAST OF THE CENTER OF A STEEL GATE POST ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROAD TO SKYLAND.