MINN 4
Posted by: 
msrubble
N 45° 32.257 W 092° 43.973
15T E 520855 N 5042710
USGS mark set in Wild River State Park, Amador Township, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMCH88
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2011
Views: 2
Third order vertical mark monumented in 1980. There is, however, no elevation given on the mark or included in the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation database, and the elevation does not appear on a topographic map.
Coordinates are from my hand-held consumer-grade GPS (HH2).
Steel rod cemented into a pipe, projects 8 inches. The location is not suitable for satellite observation.
It is in the northwest quarter of Section 9, Township 35 N, Range 19 W.
Easiest way to get there is to take the road from the park office at Wild River State Park to the picnic grounds, then walk north on the Old Logging Trail, which is paved. Depending where you enter, you will pass one or two crossings with the Nevers Dam Trail, which goes east to the St. Croix River. Look east. You can see the bright pink witness post from the trail. If you get to the campground, you've walked too far north.
4.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALMELUND, IN WILD RIVER STATE PARK, 1.5 MILES ALONG PARK ROAD FROM MAIN OFFICE TO INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND BATHROOM BUILDING, 0.15 MILE NORTH ALONG OLD LOGGING TRAIL FROM BATHROOM AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER BUILDING AT PICNIC AREA, 164 FEET NORTH ALONG OLD LOGGING TRAIL FROM NEVERS DAM TRAIL CROSSING TO RAILROAD SPIKE SET ON EAST EDGE OF OLD LOGGING TRAIL, 286 FEET SOUTH ALONG OLD LOGGING TRAIL FROM RAILROAD SPIKE SET ON SOUTH EDGE OF BLACKTOP TRAIL OPPOSITE PARK BENCH, 140 FEET EAST OF TRAIL, 24 FEET SOUTH OF 24 INCH WHITE OAK TREE, 1.0 FOOT WEST OF WITNESS POST, MARK IS STEEL ROD CEMENTED IN 6 INCH PIPE, STATION IS LOCATED IN CUSHING WISCONSIN QUADRANGLE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: MINN 4
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)
Monumentation type (if other): Metal rod
County: CHISAGO
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): CUSHING
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
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