Beacon Tower near Belfast, Maine Municipal Airport
Michael La Rose has submitted some photos showing a beacon tower he spotted adjacent to the Belfast Municipal Airport.
Portland—Spokane Beacon #12 in Arlington, Oregon
Dave Sbur has contributed some beautiful photos of Portland—Spokane beacon #12 from his visit to the site.
Beacon Site Southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada
This former beacon site with a mostly intact arrow was discovered by Herbert Arnold. It appears to have been the site of Beacon #23 on the Los Angeles—Las Vegas Airway.
Benchmarks from Harris, Montgomery, Walker Counties, Texas
Thanks to Will Awalt of Jones|Carter, we have some new benchmark data for Texas!
New York USGS Datasheets Available
New York USGS datasheets are available. They include some very interesting history!
North Carolina USGS Datasheets Available
USGS datasheets for North Carolina are available!
Finding RHONDA
Rich and I wrote Finding RHONDA in 2008 as a contribution to Rhonda Rushing’s online publication Caching Now. That publication seems to be defunct now and the previous content is gone, so I’m publishing our article here in its original form.
Salt Lake—Omaha Beacon Sites #38 and #42
Jack Breeding has submitted some photos for beacon sites #38 and #42 on the Salt Lake—Omaha airway!
Government Shutdown: Services Unavailable
U.S. government shutdown results in the unavailability of NGS and USGS websites. Alternate locations for some data are given. NOAA’s Tides and Currents website is not affected.
Kentucky USGS Datasheets Available
USGS datasheets for Kentucky are available!