Benchmarks In Far Off Locations

[+cachehappy-cashpoor]

I hike around some remote areas in New Mexico and have stumbled on some benchmarks. I wrote down the information on the benchmark, but they are beyond the 10 mile radius of a local zip code. How do I extend the search for those benchmarks. The ones I have found are in fact US Geodetic Survey disks, but well beyond any local cities or towns with zip codes. I did not have my GPS on me the last time, so I can't look them up by coordinates.

[+1setter]

I thought you could get a 30 mile radius by adding &dist=30 to the end of your zip code search, but I couldn't seem to get it to work. Sometimes when I want to search an area farther than 10 miles from a town, I will find a mark in the 10 mile limit that I think is closest, go to that marks description and click on the closest benchmark link to get a new list. Then I find the next mark in the direction I am looking and keep going 9 or 10 miles at a time.

[2oldfarts (the rockhounders)]

If you know the designation on the disk you can do a search for it, Just click on the "other search options". If you do not have the designation from the disk you can still run the regular search and then click on the farthest disk in the direction you need to go. After clicking on that disk then click on "nearest benchmark" link on that disk's benchmark page and go to to the farthest one again, until you get to the area you want.

 

Hope this helps you out.

 

John

[2oldfarts (the rockhounders)]

The other old fart (Shirley) suggests you go to a map and get coordinates that are close to where you found the disks and use those coords.

 

John

[+Black Dog Trackers]

To use Shirley's suggestion, here is an example of a site that you can zoom, pan, and read the coordinates of where you point your mouse on the map. Then you can enter the coordinates into the benchmark search page.

[+Colorado Papa]

Go to NGS.NOAA.GOV datasheets and enter the information which will give you the PID number.

For example, say you found K 678 in Texas, just enter the K 678 (be sure to have the space after the "K"), select TEXAS from the dropdown list and submit.

Edited February 29, 2004 by Colorado Papa