QD1263 - USCGS W358 1942 - Oregon
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N 44° 01.935 W 121° 47.234
10T E 597180 N 4876169
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey benchmark W358.
Waymark Code: WMPVF2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2015
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Benchmark set by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1942. The benchmark is located along the trace of an early version of the old Century Drive (today’s Cascade Lakes Hwy).
NGS PID QD1263 - (
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 43.7 MI N FROM ODELL LAKE LODGE. ALONG ELK LAKE ROAD, 3.8 MILES NORTH OF ELK LAKE RANGER STATION, 24 FEET EAST OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 2.5 FEET ABOVE ROAD LEVEL IN OUTCROP. WITNESS POST SET.
This description is out of date but the location is correctly shown on the USGS South Sister quadrangle. From the Devils Lake Trailhead follow the Elk-Devils Trail (#12) for about a mile and a half. The cap is located along the old road trace at the base of a short grade below a thru cut.