EGYPT AZ MK

Recovered in Good Condition on July 10, 2004

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates N 41.341383° W 75.2082°
Elevation 1768.95 ft.
Location Pennsylvania
   Pike County
      Promised Land Quad

Mark description

Type Azimuth Mark Disk
Setting Boulder
Monumented 1959 by NGS
Description (NGS)NGS Datasheet
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NGS recovery information

Metadata

Photographs not submitted Coordinates not updated

Descriptive text

Recovered in good condition. The mark is on the west side of Route 390, directly across the highway from the Bruce Lake parking area and trailhead. Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates: 41 20 28.98(N) 075 12 29.52(W).

Narrative and photographs

For more information about this reference mark, see its parent mark EGYPT.

This azimuth mark was found in good condition as described, set in a boulder directly across Route 390 from the Bruce Lake parking area and trailhead. No witness marker was found at this location.

NGS Azimuth Mark Disk EGYPT AZ MK Eye-level view of the mark on the boulder. View of the mark on the boulder from the middle of the southbound lane of Route 390 Looking S toward Route 390.

Recovered in good condition.

Azimuth mark EGYPT is set in the top of an outcropping rock about 18 inches above the level of the ground, and is on Delaware State Forest land. (For photos and details how to reach this mark see: LY1169)

LY1167, “EGYPT 1959” GPSr and the azimuth mark. Eyelevel view of azimuth mark and setting. Orientation view, facing north along Rt. 390.
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