CAMELBACK (LY2688)
State/County/Quad: PA/Monroe/Mount PoconoLocation: N 41° 02.538' W075° 21.116'
Elevation: 2131 ft.
Designation: CAMELBACK 1958
Setting: Boulder
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1958
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 13 September 2002, 7 September 2006 (full recovery)
Status: Station Mark and RM 1 Found. RM 2 and Azimuth Mark Not Found.
Found the station easily; coordinates were good and the directions were perfect. In order to find reference marker 1, I walked about 23 feet east from the station and looked around, expecting to find the disk. I didn't see it, and it took me a minute to realize I was standing on it! It's actually the second time that's happened to me. I was unable to find the second reference mark. I think I may have found the rock that the azimuth marker is located on, but it was covered with several inches of packed dirt and I wasn't able to get down to the surface of the rock. Now I'm on a mission! I want to find the other two disks.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1958 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (JMR) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 13 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BLAKESLEE CORNERS, 10 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF STROUDSBURG, 4 MILES SOUTH OF POCONO MANOR. TO REACH THE STATION FROM BLAKESLEE CORNERS, WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 940 AND 115- GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 940 FOR 7.8 MILES TO A ROAD FORK IN POCONO PINES, TAKE THE RIGHT HAND FORK, STATE HIGHWAY 940, AND GO 1.25 MILES TO A T-ROAD. TURN RIGHT ON ROUTE 45024 AND GO SOUTHEAST FOR 1.95 MILES TO A CROSS ROAD, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, ON ROUTE 45024, FOR 6.40 MILES TO A REVERSE Y-FORK, TURN SHARP RIGHT AND FOLLOW WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD TO THE CREST OF THE RIDGE, A SPEED LIMIT SIGN, AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, CONTINUE EAST ALONG THE TOP OF THE RIDGE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE STATION. STATION IS ABOUT 300 FEET WEST OF THE STONE HOUSE EAST OF THE SUMMIT, 100 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHEAST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. THE MARK IS A STANDARD USGS DISK, WITHOUT STAMPING, SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A 4 X 8 FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING 1/2 FOOT. RM 1 IS 123 FEET EAST OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED CAMELBACK NO 1 1958, SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A 3 X 4 FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING 1 FOOT. RM 2 IS ABOUT 103 FEET WEST OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 24 FEET NORTH OF THE CREST OF THE RIDGE. THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED CAMELBACK NO 2 1958, SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A 4 X 4 FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING 1-1/2 FEET. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS AT THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD GIVING ACCESS TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, 8 FEET SOUTH OF THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, 7 FEET SOUTH OF A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED CAMELBACK 1958, SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A 3 X 7 FOOT BOULDER PROJECTING 2 FEET. THE FIRE LOOKOUT TOWER IS A 30 FOOT HIGH WOODEN STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY 4, BRACED, ANGLE IRON LEGS. THE MARK IS THE CENTER OF THE TOWER.