N 40° 3' 32" W 77° 31' 20" - Shippensburg, PA
Posted by: Ernmark
N 40° 03.544 W 077° 31.295
18T E 284932 N 4437360
Small marble stone in the center of a walkway on the campus of Shippensburg University.
Waymark Code: WM6Q3H
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2009
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This stone was set to mark the centennial of the founding of Shippensburg University - for a short history see (
visit link)
The stone includes an indicator of true north, the coordinates of N 40° 3' 32" W 77° 31' 20", elevation of 688 feet, and "Centennial Year 1970-71".
The marked coordinates actually are about 190 feet to the west of the stone's location, although the elevation appears (from a USGS topo map) to be correct. If longitude were reduced by 2 seconds, the DD.MM.SS coordinates would be just about spot on.
This stone can easily be found while walking on campus - it is N of Old Main, and between Huber Arts Center to the NW & Shearer Hall to the SE.