USCGS Y109 - San Mateo, California
Posted by: 
hotshoe
N 37° 34.166 W 122° 19.606
10S E 559452 N 4158257
painted benchmark on painted wall of Masonic temple
Waymark Code: WM61DP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2009
Views: 2
This one is so covered with paint that it is possible to miss, even when looking directly at it. I had to make two trips around the building before I spotted it just above the plants (where I had already been told to look).
From the datasheet:
"HT0568 STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1965.
AT SAN MATEO, 2 BLOCKS NORTHWEST OF THE CITY HALL, AT THE
NORTH CORNER OF THE JUNCTION OF ELLSWORTH AND TILTON AVENUES,
VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST FACE OF THE SAN MATEO MASONIC
TEMPLE BUILDING, 5 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF
THE NORTHEAST ONE OF TWO ENTRANCES, ABOUT 10 FEET SOUTHWEST
OF THE EAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER
'THAN THE GROUND."
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Y109, 1932
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: San Mateo County
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: HT0568
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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