+Black Dog Trackers Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Here's part 2 of the 2005 collection of excellent benchmark pictures. Be sure to enjoy 2005 part 1 and 2004! Once again here's the picture 'contest' 'rules'. ========================================== Contest rules: 1. No intersection stations (the station IS the tower, building, etc.) Why? Well they all look pretty good, but they're not really all that 'benchmarky'. 2. The disk has to be at least vaguely visible in the picture. No - 'view from', 'the area', etc. with no PID marker in it. Why? It's gotta be a Benchmark picture! 3. It has to be a PID in the database, or at least one of its reference marks or its azimuth mark (in case they don't have their own PID). 4. No closeup of just the disk. (Comeon, it's just a disk - where's the nice scenery?) ========================================== Quote Link to comment
+Munin Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I'll kick this new thread off with a shot from yesterday - a view to the east from MY2809 - CASTLE HILL RESET. Quote Link to comment
+ddnutzy Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 This is a picture of PF1171 (Speckled Mt.) in Maine looking west toward Mt Washington in N.H. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I have tried a couple of times from the several benchmarks in the area to get a shot of the Arkansas Cloudmaker Machine. Well I did it finally. FG1599. Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 (edited) I was browsing the BM picture gallery & saw this nice shot... KW3207 HOFFPORT by ChilliWilli - The next picture is really cute, it is actually MY3728 STATE BOUNDARY O CONN 1937 but the description & picture is listed here MY3729 TRI STATE. There is a cache close by that is letting cachers become benchmark hunters & some are not logging the momument also. They are missing out on another benchmark find... A great shot by Team Min Dawg Thanks guys for the picts! Edited July 18, 2005 by 2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Quote Link to comment
+BuckBrooke Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 (edited) As an interesting note, does the Geocaching map for MY3729 TRI STATE show surveying corrections to the state borders? Edited July 19, 2005 by BuckBrooke Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 Yep, all this time, I've been savin' 'em up!!! Kick back, relax, and enjoy these excellent benchmark pictures! Steep by duke22 E 74 by ArtMan Tantlus by duke22 Dutton Mags 1934 by Munin (looking toward Boston) Juniper by Me & Bucky New Home Bench by duke22 Yosemite Point by ltleelim Speckled by ddnutzy Wilkerson by RustyBeerCan 147 M USGS by CallawayMT 10's the picture post limit, so I'm pausing for station identification (heh heh heh) Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 E 472 by square nail Q 279 by Me & Bucky Woodson ecc by PassingWind J 496 by square nail Kake 1927 by CallawayMT Carol by CallawayMT Catrock Hill Reset by Munin Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Some more cool benchmark pics! COAL by McMurdo1 P 151 by edextar D 336 by Tprints 47 L by grantcampbell X 339 by Zhanna TTS 45 S by smokeyboo Quote Link to comment
ArtMan Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I'm not sure my earlier photo (posted by another member) was worthy of the other beauty shots, so I'll contribute an impressionistic favorite of my own. WASHINGTON MONUMENT 1913 (HV4442) Quote Link to comment
ArtMan Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 And I'll take the liberty of posting this photo by seventhings EMPIRE STATE 1969 (KU3601) Quote Link to comment
+Zhanna Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 I just wanted to share two "gorgeous benchmark locations" I've visited this Summer. Rich in NEPA and I have both found these marks, but we are still working on our logs. GREAT HEAD (PE1783) in Acadia National Park, Maine. BURNETT (KU4050) in Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey. This mark is a chiseled cross rather than a disk. (I sincerely hope that I am not blocking too much of the view in either case. ) Thanks, Rich, for the photos! ~Zhanna http://surveymarks.planetzhanna.com/ Quote Link to comment
ArtMan Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 In the shadow of HV7097 and HV7098 (August 13, 2005) The marks in this case are the red-and-white stacks at the power plant across the Potomac River. The crossing is the nicely-named Harry Nice Memorial Bridge, and the kids playing on the beach are unidentified, but happy. -ArtMan- Quote Link to comment
ArtMan Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Oops. My bad. I failed to RTFM. Contest supremo declared No Intersection Stations, and I posted two. For shame. I hope BDT will forgive me this transgression. In my defense, one shot is an impressionistic, non-standard view of a very well known obelisk, and I was the first to log it here. The other is just a nice scenic shot despite the presence of two (two!) intersection stations in the same frame. Humbly, -ArtMan- Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 For shame. I hope BDT will forgive me this transgression. Humbly, -ArtMan- Even if BDT doesn't , we will.... John Quote Link to comment
+ddnutzy Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 OC2210 Whites Is.1842 Oldest BM in Maine Quote Link to comment
+Gonzo-YT Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Canada-US border monument, located beside the Klondike Highway in the White Pass between Skagway, AK and Yukon. This photo doesn't show it, but the left and right sides are stamped US and Canada, respectively. Concrete is stamped: 118A 2000 Quote Link to comment
+graveyard mom Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Ok, I feel really inferior compared to the other photos here, but so far this is the best I have found. B31 in Long Beach, Mississippi. Quote Link to comment
+PFF Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 H-11 (EZ1466) in Sanford NC. Disk visible above trash can on right side of building. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 ArtMan Posted: Aug 14 2005, 01:27 PM I hope BDT will forgive me this transgression. In my defense, one shot is an impressionistic, non-standard view of a very well known obelisk, and I was the first to log it here. The other is just a nice scenic shot despite the presence of two (two!) intersection stations in the same frame. Yes of course! It was more like a guidance anyway (to quote a recent movie). All the pictures posted here by everyone are excellent, and fun to look at! Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 Some more cool pictures! X 503 by bigeddy LEARY KB by ArtMan Y 187 by PFF BOUNDARY MON 19 CA NV by MarkDuster C 13 by MerrillMisfits Z 362 by Tprints Quote Link to comment
+SteveDex Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Burley Tobacco roadside in Hancock County, Kentucky Tower in Nicholasville, KY *Sigh* Graffiti... Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Steve Dex - We will see your looking up the tower and raise you one looking down the tower. From Dry Park Lookout Tower. Quote Link to comment
+Spoo Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 See OC2772 for details. On top of Whales Back Mountain, at the very peak, the Maine- New Hampshire border occurs. This is one of my favorite finds of all time. The main station was found under a Cairn: And the view was magnificent! Spoo Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 Some more excellent benchmarky pictures! W 298 by square nail DUSTY RM 2 by CallawayMT A 12 RESET by Twinstars 49 by osprey46 COOLIDGE by PassingWind SCOTT 2 by bigeddy 5109 by Me & Bucky Quote Link to comment
+cjf Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Yippee! I finally have a 2005 photo that is worthy of the contest! This is from TU1011. Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 cjf, Fantastic picture~and I think this shot of yours from the same log, deserves to be seen by everyone, also...just beautiful! Shirley~ Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I took this of HT3065 on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay last weekend. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted October 29, 2005 Author Share Posted October 29, 2005 Way cool !!! HOLLENBECK by n7cee C 40 by Me & Bucky RV 530 SOURR by Ibirsko OTAH by 2oldfarts (the rockhounders) 120 G 1938 by Waldo's Revenge ROCKY HILL 1936 by Waldo's Revenge BULLFROG by captain.ron Quote Link to comment
mloser Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 (edited) This is about as good as it has gotten in my area. The view was wonderful but the day was hazy so it didn't capture well in a picture. Still, fall here in the east is great to see. KW3114 I accidentally took another one--with the sun in the background you can see how nice a day this was. KW1116 Matt Edited to add PID links and another pic. Edited November 7, 2005 by mloser Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Took this photo Saturday. View east across the Hudson River from KU4023. KU4023 is the drill hole in the marble slab. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Dolphin has run amok! KU4063. 6.6 feet from the edge of the Palisades. View easterly across the Hudson River to Yonkers, New York. Quote Link to comment
+Ed & Julie Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 My Nephew Brandon's first benchmark find (at 9:30pm at night). KT0203 Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 Some more cool benchmarky pix ! M 382 by Me & Bucky RD 12 RDGRR by mloser GREEN CARD by markens A 304 by mloser Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Dolphin run amok. 2 S 1 by Harry Dolphin Quote Link to comment
+ddnutzy Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) The bolt is the bound of Ma. and CT. It is also the highest point in Ct. that is on a mt. that peaks in Ma. (MZ2048) Edited December 2, 2005 by ddnutzy Quote Link to comment
+cjf Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 I initially found HT0700 in Oct 2004. Because of a series of unfortunate events (not near as serious as the events in the book series!), I never took nor posted a picture of this benchmark. I happened to be in the area yesterday and corrected that oversite. You'll recognize the Golden Gate Bridge. And that brick building underneath the left side of the bridge is Fort Point, the only civil war era fort on the west coast! (See HT3036 ) Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I guess my best views are across the Hudson River. Here is KU3903: The intersection points across the river are Grants Tomb and Riverside Cathedral. Quote Link to comment
+Black Dog Trackers Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 The last day of 2005! Winter benchmark hunting is just as challenging if not more so, but nice views are elusive. Here's the last of 2005 that I have collected. Do any of you have any late faves to add? C 248 by CallawayMT Q 311 by square nail TWIN REF MARK by Team KBAT GARFIELD by Me & Bucky These topics are too big, even 2 per year. I think I will try quarterly topics for 2006. Quote Link to comment
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