KINGSBURY (LY2675)

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State: PA
County: Wayne
Quad: Hancock
Location: N 41° 59.973' W075° 21.704'
Elevation: 1010 ft.
Designation: KINGSBURY 1940
Setting: Carved Stone Boundary Monument
Type: Boundary Monument
Year: 1940
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 02 December 2006

Rich and I spent a few hours on this breezy, flurrying morning searching for "Hmmm..." with Hound (of fox-and-the-hound) and his mother, but we had no luck and eventually decided to give up on the hunt. We were cold, and we had more exciting plans for the day anyway ... searching for two NY/PA boundary markers!

After a leisurely drive up Route 171 and a stop to investigate the Inn at Starlight Lake, we were on our way toward the boundary monument. Nearing the mark, we both sensed that we'd been in this spot before, though it wasn't till we got home and did some research that we discovered that we'd driven right past the parking area for "Walk to the Lake," a (now-archived) cache that we both found back in May 2002. [In fact, I believe it was the first time I beat Rich to a First Find!] The boundary monument is only about a mile from that cache, at a high spot along the river that would probably be lovely in Summer but was bare and colorless in December.

The stone boundary monument itself was no challenge to find, as it's about six feet high and just a few yards south of the road. RM3 was partially covered by dirt and debris, but we were able to zero in on it quickly from clues in the description. Our toughest challenge was finding RM1. The description of the rock into which it's set is misleading (probably incorrect), with the boulder described as being 1.0 ft, largest dimension. We suspected an error immediately, because the rock is also described as having a height of about 4.0 ft. Multiple times we searched the prominent outcrops of rock in the target area, and finally found RM1 beneath a thick mat of moss and soil on an outcrop approximately 10 feet long. The error in the description may have been a simple misplacing of the decimal point.

A report on the condition of this station and reference marks has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:

Station monument, RM 1 and RM 3 recovered in good condition. The rock outcrop into which RM 1 is set is approximately 10 feet largest dimension. RM 3 is approximately 76 feet northwest of the station, at 305 degrees magnetic.

Autonomous (non-corrected) handheld GPS coordinates for RM 1 are 41 59 57.6(N) 075 21 42.7(W).
Autonomous (non-corrected) handheld GPS coordinates for RM 3 are 41 59 59.5(N) 075 21 42.8(W).

Zhanna

NGS Official Description, 1940 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (RJS) THIS STATION IS NEAR THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEPOSIT AND 1-1/4 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF HALE EDDY. THE EXACT POINT IS THE CENTER OF A BOUNDARY MONUMENT WHICH IS 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND ABOUT 9 BY 18 INCHES. THE MONUMENT IS CARVED 1884, AND 600 FT. ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION THE MONUMENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE WEST FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION SO THE 600 FT. PROBABLY DOES NOT HOLD TRUE AT PRESENT. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS SOUTHWEST OF THE STATION. (NOTE 12A). REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS NORTHWEST OF THE STATION AND THE BOULDER IN WHICH IT IS SET IS JUST INSIDE THE FENCE LINE SOUTH OF THE ROAD PAST THE STATION. (NOTE 12C). THE STATION MAY BE REACHED FROM THE POST OFFICE IN HALE EDDY BY GOING SOUTH ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS AND A BRIDGE FOR 0.1 MILE TO ROAD TO LEFT JUST AFTER CROSSING BRIDGE, THENCE LEFT AND FOLLOW DIRT ROAD ALONG THE RIVER BANK FOR 1.35 MILES TO THE BOUNDARY MONUMENT AND STATION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AT THE TOP OF A SMALL GRADE. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 22 METERS.