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GC59NZZ
CROCKType: Traditional | Size: Micro 
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| Terrain: By: Tom.dog @ | Hide Date: 07/08/2014 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 19.124 W102° 10.017 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 
NGS Benchmark Series. This is a series to show geocachers more of our nation's benchmarks. Though they can be found in every county in the continental U.S., benchmarks are just another little known survey tool to the public. But when you look on the NGS site or Geocaching.com you can see every detail about them. There is also description for each that tells exactly where they are. These descriptions interest me the most, at times you have to wonder where in the world did the railroad track go that was 50 feet from a certain benchmark years ago. I hope that this series gives a historical insight to geocachers of what our country looked like in the years past. ---------- KJ0597 STATION DESCRIPTION DESCRIBED BY COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 1992 THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MI (9.66 KM) EAST - NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON, 6.40 MI (10.30 KM) WEST OF THE COLORADO - KANSAS STATE LINE, 0.9 MI (1.45 KM) WEST OF PECONIC, IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, T 8 S, R 43 W, AT STATE HIGHWAY 24 MILEPOST 461.15, INTERSTATE 70 MILEPOST 443.2. OWNERSHIP--COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 24 AND U.S HIGHWAY 385 ON THE EAST SIDE OF BURLINGTON, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 24 FOR 5.2 MI (8.37 KM) TO COUNTY RD 54 AND THE STATION IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. THE STATION IS A PUNCH MARK IN THE TOP CENTER OF A STEEL ROD IN A PVC PIPE WITH A LOGO CAP SET IN A ROUND CONCRETE SLEEVE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 152.4 FT (46.45 M) WEST OF THE CENTER OF COUNTY RD 54, 67.5 FT (20.57 M) SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS, 51.0 FT (15.54 M) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 24, 2.3 FT (0.70 M) EAST OF A WITNESS POST, 2.2 FT (0.67 M) WEST OF A WITNESS POST, AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE HIGHWAY. ---------- This cache is placed within a few feet of the mark.
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