K 9 (PE0277)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Salsbury Cove
Location: N 44° 22.632' W068° 15.336'
Elevation: 371.56 ft.
Designation: K 9 1934
Setting: Rock Outcrop
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1934
Established By: USGS
Recovered: 24 June 2006
Our second mark on this damp day, K 9 proved easy to find, but difficult to document. Our biggest problem were the swarms of mosquitoes fiercely guarding the mark! Old Route 233 is, as we expected, overgrown and mostly just a grassy clearing in the area of the benchmark. We found the large rock ledge and the mark easily, but trying to photograph it was murder amidst the swarming and biting bugs. We spotted a USGS witness sign about 22 feet to the west of the mark. It is not mentioned in the NGS description but is, in fact, part of the 1977 revised USGS description.
A report on the condition of this station was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Recovered in good condition. Handheld GPS coordinates for the mark are 44 22 37.4(N) 068 15 20.2(W).
NGS Official Description, 1962 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 3 MI W FROM BAR HARBOR. 0.35 MILE WEST ON COTTAGE STREET FROM THE POST OFFICE AT BAR HARBOR, THENCE 2.6 MILES SOUTH AND WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 233. 123 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF NEW HIGHWAY 233, 150 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF OLD HIGHWAY 233 AND ABOUT 400 FEET EAST OF WHERE THE TWO ROADS COME TOGETHER. SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A ROCK OUTCROP AT THE EAST EDGE OF A CLEARING AND 3 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY.
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...USGS Bench Mark Disk K 9N 44° 22.632' W068° 15.336' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk in the rock outcrop. |
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...A slightly more distant view of the outcrop, from the area of the witness sign. |
...A USGS witness sign on a nearby tree, not mentioned in the datasheet description. |
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