ROON (KU4063)

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State: NJ
County: Bergen
Quad: Yonkers
Location: N 40° 59.159' W073° 54.390'
Elevation: 321 ft.
Designation: ROON 1930
Setting: Rock Outcrop
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1930
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 10 August 2005

Rich and I had a few tri-stations in mind as possible diversions on our day-trip to the Palisades, but the main goal of the day was just hiking and exploring. ROON was so close to the parking area we couldn't resist taking a look for it before beginning the rest of the day's adventures.

Poison ivy was abundant near ROON, but fortunately we found the station mark (which is marked by a large painted white cross) without incident.

RM1 was spotted on the far end of a poison ivy-blanketed boulder; we were able to find a steady perch and take a few photos carefully.

Walking the bearing to RM2 indicated on the datasheet would have taken us right into the largest patch of poison ivy in the area, so we decided to avoid it at present.

We took a cursory glance around for the drill hole (witness mark) without results. The boulders previously lining the east side of the road seem to have been either replaced or built into a more solid stone wall. Several of them have drill holes through, but there's no way of knowing which may have been the witness mark, if any. None was at the precise location indicated on the datasheet.

A report on the condition of this mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:

The station mark and reference mark 1 were recovered in good condition. The station mark is located at the center of a large white painted cross such as those used for aerial surveys. Reference mark 2 was not searched for at this time due to the heavy growth of poison ivy in the area. The witness mark was not found.

Zhanna

NGS Official Description, 1930 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1930 (CAE) ON THE TOP OF THE PALISADES, 2.65 MILES NORTH ALONG SYLVAN BOULEVARD FROM THE POINT WHERE THE ROAD FROM THE YONKERS FERRY JOINS THE BOULEVARD. STATION IS ABOUT 17.9 METERS E OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE BOULEVARD. THE ROAD IS SOME DISTANCE BACK FROM CLIFF UNTIL THE VICINITY OF THE STATION IS REACHED WHERE A BEND BRINGS IT OUT NEAR THE EDGE. STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS WEDGED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. WITNESS MARK IS A 1 1/2-INCH HOLE DRILLED IN THE TOP OF A LARGE GRANITE BOULDER 2 BY 4 BY 3 FEET, ONE OF SEVERAL SET ALONG E SIDE OF ROAD TO SERVE AS A GUARD RAIL. AT THE STATION THE ANGLE (CLOCKWISE) FROM THE WATER TANK IN HASTINGS, N.Y., BELONGING TO THE AMERICAN BRASS CO., TO A LARGE STANDPIPE (BLACK) IS S 00 DEG 19 MIN 3S 0 SEC W. HEIGHT OF SIGNAL ABOVE STATION MARK - 2.0 METERS.