MOUNT DESERT RESET (PE1778)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Seal Harbor
Location: N 44° 21.080' W068° 13.593'
Elevation: 1518 ft.
Designation: MOUNT DESERT RESET 1856
Setting: Rock Outcrop
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1856
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 11 June 2005
This was my fourth benchmark find on a day that went very quickly from 90° and sunny (while we were hiking on Bar Island) to about 45°, dark and misty (while we were eating our lobster lunch at Beal's). Still beneath a heavy fog, we drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain intending to log a few benchmarks and a virtual cache. MOUNT DESERT RESET was easy to find, as were both of its reference marks and the USGS station "K 24". All marks appear to be in fair to good condition.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1902 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1902 ON THE HIGHEST ELEVATION OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, KNOWN AS MOUNT DESERT OR GREEN MOUNT. IT IS A VERY COMMANDING POSITION AND THE VIEW IS UNOBSTRUCTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS. THE STATION IS ON THE SUMMIT AND 22-1/4 INCHES E OF THE SE CORNER OF A CREVICE IN THE ROCK. THE STATION IS A HOLE DRILLED IN A ROCK. ALSO THE FOLLOWING RANGE DRILL HOLES WERE FOUND 53.17 FEET FROM STATION ON LINE TOWARD PEAKED MOUNTAIN, 17.52 FEET FROM THE STATION ON LINE TO BLUE HILL, AND 21.83 FEET FROM THE STATION ON LINE TO RAGGED MOUNTAIN.
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...NGS Triangulation Station MOUNT DESERT RESETN 44° 21.080' W068° 13.593' |
...Eyelevel view of station disk in bedrock. |
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...The general area near the station mark. |
...The disk is prominent on the bare rock. |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk MOUNT DESERT RESET RM1N 44° 21.091' W068° 13.585' |
...Eyelevel view of disk on bedrock. |
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...Looking generally SW toward the station. |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk MOUNT DESERT RESET RM2N 44° 21.072' W068° 13.586' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk, strange bolt indicated. |
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...Looking NW toward the station, where Rich stands. |