BROAD HILL AZ MK - Rhode Island - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (RMB) STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 3 WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION TO AN OLD DRILL HOLE WAS TAKEN AT THIS TIME. REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS NOT RECOVERED. AN AZ MK WAS ESTABLISHED AT THIS TIME. THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 3 CHECKED WITH 1932 RECOVERY NOTE. THE DIRECTION TO REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 3 DID NOT CHECK. A SECOND SET OF OBSERVATIONS WERE TAKEN AND THE RESULTS MEANED. DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS A COMPLETE NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 14 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WESTERLY, 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT, 5-1/2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON, 5-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT JUDITH, 1-1/4 MILES SOUTH OF TUCKERTOWN FOUR CORNERS AND ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. MAURICE PERKINS. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 110 AND 138 IN WEST KINGSTON, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 110 FOR 3.8 MILES TO CROSSROAD AND TUCKERTOWN ROAD ON LEFT AND WORDENS POND ROAD ON RIGHT. CONTINUE SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 110 (MINISTERIAL ROAD) FOR 1.05 MILES TO A SURFACED ROAD LEFT (PRIVATE DRIVE). (TO REACH THE AZ MK FROM HERE, TURN LEFT ON PRIVATE DRIVE AND GO EASTERLY FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE MARK ON LEFT AS DESCRIBED). CONTINUE SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 110 FOR 0.15 MILE TO A PRIVATE DRIVE ON LEFT AND SIGN ALFRED H. MORSE. FROM HERE PACK UP HILL WEST-SOUTHWEST FOR 0.1 MILE TO TOP OF HILL AND STATION AS DESCRIBED. ALL MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS. STATION MARK, STAMPED BROAD HILL 1839 1932, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 2 INCHES. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF HILL, 20.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A 9-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE, 15 FEET WEST OF THE 10-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE AND 10.8 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. (NOTE 1A) RM 1, STAMPED BROAD HILL NO 1 1932 1839, IS CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A SMALL BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 1-1/2 FEET. IT IS 42 FEET SOUTH OF THE 10-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE, 16 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE 9-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE AND 2.3 FEET SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST. (NOTE 12C) RM 3, STAMPED BROAD HILL NO 3 1932, IS CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN TOP OF BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 3 FEET. IT IS 96 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE 10-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE, 9 FEET NORTHWEST OF CENTER OF TRAIL AND 2.8 FEET NORTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST. (NOTE 12C) DRILL HOLE IS A 1/2 INCH DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 1-1/2 FEET. IT IS AT THE EAST END OF A ROCK FENCE, 47.7 FEET NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST AND 31.5 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE 10-INCH TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE TREE. AZ MK, STAMPED BROAD HILL 1839 1969, IS CEMENTED IN A 3 BY 5 FOOT BOULDER WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 3 FEET. IT IS 46 FEET NORTHEAST OF CENTER OF SURFACED DRIVEWAY, 34.5 FEET NORTH-NORTHEAST OF A 12-INCH OAK TREE, 7 FEET NORTH OF A TWIN TRUNK OAK TREE AND 5.2 FEET SOUTH OF A METAL WITNESS POST.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From the junction of U.S. Highway 1 and State Highway 110, go north on State Highway 110 for 1.1 miles to a paved driveway right leading to addresses 613 and 619. Go east and south on the driveway for about 0.1 mile and the end of truck travel. Pack northeast, uphill, to the left for about 70 feet to the azimuth mark as described. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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