skillett Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 does anyone know i f there is a benchmark at the geographical center of the U.S. If not that would be way cool. Quote Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Which geographical center are you refering to? The continental center of the 48 states or all 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii? Shirley~ Quote Link to comment
skillett Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 the 48 contiguous Quote Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Where is RogBarn when we need him? He knows where to find that info. Seems like we have read something about this in this forum somewhere... Can someone Markwell this for rbezell? Quote Link to comment
mloser Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 There was a thread about markers at the centers of POPULATION on this forum at http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...24449&hl=center Quote Link to comment
mloser Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 And one referencing the geographic center at http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...ographic+center Quote Link to comment
holograph Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 It looks like there is a monument, but it is not in the NGS database: http://www.worldslargestthings.com/kansas/geographic.htm Quote Link to comment
+rogbarn Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Where is RogBarn when we need him? He knows where to find that info. Seems like we have read something about this in this forum somewhere... Can someone Markwell this for rbezell? I don't know. What ever happened to him??? I'm still here. But it seems you've done well without me. Quote Link to comment
+jwahl Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) The 'geographic center' has the large stone monument and plaque and I have been there a few times while passing through Kansas. There is a huge amount of disinformation on the net confusing this with Meades Ranch. The two have virtually nothing to do with each other. The incription on the brass plaque shows a diagram of a tie to a control point from which it was positioned after it's location was computed., I have a few slides of it somewhere. The following link shows the monument and the plaque, and is typical of sites that come close to associating it incorrectly with Meades Ranch. I see that if you read it carefully it shows the geographic center point but discusses the other as "a few miles away". Example.. Here is another: Pictures... Lots of pictures... Apparently some work was done to compute one for North America not just the U.S. North America.. There may be a recomputed site for U.S. after Alaska and Hawaii were added... - jlw Edited January 9, 2005 by jwahl Quote Link to comment
Bill93 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 It is ironic that this very famous control point was disturbed and required the best efforts of CGS to salvage. Read the 1948 description at MEADES RANCH RESET. Despite its fame, it is not publicly accessible. I'm also surprised that there aren't any others close by (nearby mark search). Quote Link to comment
+BilboB Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I am still trying to figure out the correct site, or the correct mark (depending on what you are looking for), but if I ever get to that part of the country, I am going to try and get to them all. Quote Link to comment
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