EGYPT RM 2 (LY1168)
State: PA
County: Pike
Quad: Promised Land
Location: N 41° 20.591' W075° 12.665'
Elevation: 1792.42 ft.
Designation: EGYPT RM 2 1959
Setting: Concrete monument
Type: Reference Mark Disk
Year: 1959
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 10 July 2004
This mark was found in good condition as described. For details on the complete set of EGYPT marks, see LY1169.
A report on the condition of this mark was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Recovered in good condition. The power pole is numbered PP&L 12529/69706/N43874. The blazed tree was not found.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1959 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 1.8 MI N FROM PROMISED LAND. 1.85 MILE NORTH ALONG STATE HY. 390 FROM THE PROMISED LAND STATE RANGER HEADQUARTERS, 23 FEET SOUTH WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 89 FEET SOUTH EAST OF RM NO. 1, 66 FEET EAST OF THE STATION BM, 53 FEET EAST-SOUTH EAST OF TRIANGULAR BLAZED TREE (OAK), 85 FEET SOUTH EAST OF POWER POLE NO. 12529, ABOUT FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY.
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk EGYPT RM 2N 41° 20.591' W075° 12.665' |
...Eye-level view of the mark on the monument. |
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...Looking N toward the powerpole and Route 390. |
...Looking SE toward gravel parking area & Rt. 390. |
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Recovered in good condition.
Reference mark EGYPT NO. 2 is set in the top of a square concrete monument about level with the ground, and is on Delaware State Forest land. (For photos and details how to reach this mark see: LY1169)
~Rich in NEPA~
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...LY1169, “EGYPT NO. 2 1959” |
...GPSr and the reference mark. |
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...Eyelevel view of reference mark and setting. |
...Orientation view, facing NW, RM 1 and powerpole. |
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...Orientation view, facing northeast and highway. |