GREAT HEAD OBSERVATORY (PE1782)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Seal Harbor
Location: N 44° 19.708' W068° 10.475'
Elevation: 33 ft.
Designation: GREAT HEAD OBSERVATORY 1934
Setting: Stone Building
Type: Landmark/Intersection Station
Year: 1934
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 09 June 2005
Our first day in Acadia was lovely, sunny and hot. Immediately after arriving and getting settled, Rich took us on an afternoon hike to Great Head, a most scenic spot to begin our vacation. This tower is quite obviously destroyed, but the ruins are still in place and I had fun climbing around and exploring them, and playing on the beach down below afterward.
Photos of the rubble at the exact coordinates given for this station were submitted to NGS, which has marked this station officially Destroyed in the database.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1934 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC) THE OBSERVATORY IS A STONE BUILDING OF 21.15 METERS CIRCUMFERENCE AND 5 METERS HIGH AND SITUATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, ON THE HIGHEST HEAD OVERLOOKING FRENCHMANS BAY.
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...NGS Landmark/Intersection Station GREAT HEAD OBSERVATORYN 44° 19.708' W068° 10.475' |
...Zhanna climbs around on the rubble. |
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