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Date hidden: 2016-11-11
Date created: 2016-11-10
Date published: 2016-11-11
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963.
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BIG BLACK MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER, ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA AND ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF APPLACIA, VIRGINIA.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN APPLACIA, GO WEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 58 FOR 0.25 MILE TO THE JUNCTION STATE HIGHWAY 160, TURN RIGHT ON STATE HIGHWAY 160 AND GO 8.25 MILES TO A CROSSROAD AT TOP OF MOUNTAIN AND THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE, TURN LEFT ON DIRT ROAD AND GO 1.1 MILES TO STATION RADAR AZ MK ON THE RIGHT, CONTINUE ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO A LARGE RADAR STATION ON THE RIGHT, CONTINUE ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO A FORK, TURN LEFT AND GO 0.1 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND STATION.
BENCH MARK P 329 IS 60.7 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF LOOKOUT TOWER AND 58.8 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHEAST LEG OF LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS A STANDARD BENCH MARK DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK WHICH PROJECTS 3-FEET AND STAMPED P 329
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