K 23 (PE0279)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Bar Harbor
Location: N 44° 22.727' W068° 13.952'
Elevation: 374.92 ft.
Designation: K 23 1934
Setting: Rock Outcrop
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1934
Established By: USGS
Recovered: 13 June 2005
This benchmark has the distinction of being my "earliest ever" find—at just before 5:35am. After watching a less-than-spectacular but still awesome sunrise from Cadillac Mountain, for which we got up at 3:15am, Rich decided we could stop for a few benchmarks on the way back to Bar Harbor. Having no datasheet or coordinates with us wasn't a problem this time. Rich wasn't positive he had exactly the right location for this one as it's been almost three years since he first found it, but I ran up the little hill he indicated and checked the most obvious outcropping, and there was the mark! It's in fine condition, was well-exposed and easy to see from a distance, and the historic description is accurate.
A report on the condition of this mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates for the station are 44 22 43.6(N) 068 13 57.1(W).
Zhanna
USGS Official Description, 1934 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
Bar Harbor, 0.35 mi W. along Cottage Street from post office, thence 1.1 mi S. and W. along State Highway 233, thence 0.15 mi S. along old rd. leading to Cadillac Mountain; 0.15 mi SW. of overhead overpass; 76 ft SE. of centerline of rd.; 204 ft SE. of abandoned crossroad; 12 ft higher than level of rd.; in top of rock outcrop about flush with ground; standard tablet stamped "K 23 1934 375"
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...USGS Bench Mark Disk K 23N 44° 22.727' W068° 13.952' |
...Eyelevel view of the mark on the rock outcrop. |
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...The general area; looking out toward the road. |