HOPI

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State: AZ
County: Coconino
Quad: Grand Canyon
Location: N 36° 04.465' W112° 09.309'
Elevation: 7042.730 ft.
Designation: HOPI 1971
Setting: Outcropping Rock
Type: Survey Mark
Year: 1971
Established By: Boston Museum of Science
Recovered: 13 May 2007

Boston Museum of Science Official Description, 1971:

Bronze disc. Laser ranger and theodolite used.

Boston Museum of Science Survey Mark HOPI

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Boston Museum of Science Survey Mark HOPI

N 36° 04.465' W112° 09.309'

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Eyelevel view of the disk on the boulder.
Disk on boulder.
Disk on boulder, canyon in background.

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View N, with the entire outcropping visible and a nice view over the canyon. I wish the railing wasn't there!

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This plaque is just a few yards east of the HOPI survey mark. It's fitting that this spot was chosen for tribute to a surveyor, though he had nothing to do with the Boston Museum survey.
Nearby plaque for surveyor Birdseye.

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