National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = NOVEMBER 8, 2004 GU4301 *********************************************************************** GU4301 DESIGNATION - FREMONT PEAK 2 1930 GU4301 PID - GU4301 GU4301 STATE/COUNTY- CA/MONTEREY GU4301 USGS QUAD - SAN JUAN BAUTISTA (1993) GU4301 GU4301 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GU4301 ___________________________________________________________________ GU4301* NAD 83(1986)- 36 45 26. (N) 121 30 15. (W) SCALED GU4301* NAVD 88 - 967.21 (+/-2cm) 3173.3 (feet) VERTCON GU4301 ___________________________________________________________________ GU4301 GEOID HEIGHT- -32.89 (meters) GEOID03 GU4301 GU4301 VERT ORDER - THIRD ? (See Below) GU4301 GU4301.The horizontal coordinates were scaled from a topographic map and have GU4301.an estimated accuracy of +/- 6 seconds. GU4301 GU4301.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GU4301.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GU4301.The vertical order pertains to the NGVD 29 superseded value. GU4301 GU4301.The geoid height was determined by GEOID03. GU4301 GU4301; North East Units Estimated Accuracy GU4301;SPC CA 4 - 660,910. 1,776,430. MT (+/- 180 meters Scaled) GU4301 GU4301 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GU4301 GU4301 NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 966.30 (m) 3170.3 (f) LEVELING 3 GU4301 GU4301.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GU4301.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GU4301.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GU4301 GU4301_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 10SFF335689(NAD 83) GU4301_MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION GU4301_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING GU4301_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY GU4301 GU4301 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By GU4301 HISTORY - 1930 MONUMENTED CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1946 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1951 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1962 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1962 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1968 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1969 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1972 SEE DESCRIPTION NGS GU4301 HISTORY - 1974 SEE DESCRIPTION NGS GU4301 GU4301 STATION DESCRIPTION GU4301 GU4301'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1930 (GLB) GU4301'ABOUT 3 MILES S OF SAN JUAN, ON GABILAN PEAK WHICH IS HIGHEST GU4301'AND MOST PROMINENT PEAK IN VICINITY, AND ABOUT 10 FEET W OF GU4301'FLAGPOLE AND MONUMENT ERECTED TO CAPTAIN FREMONT. GU4301' GU4301'STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN BEDROCK. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARKS ARE BRONZE REFERENCE DISKS SET IN BEDROCK. GU4301'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 2.685 METERS (8.81 FEET) FROM STATION IN GU4301'AZIMUTH 84 DEG 41 MIN. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 1.878 METERS GU4301'(6.16 FEET) FROM STATION IN AZIMUTH 192 DEG 53 MIN. GU4301' GU4301'TO REACH STATION FROM ROAD FORKS S OF SAN JUAN, GO S 0.2 MILE GU4301'ON SALINAS ROAD, TURN BY CEMENT PLANT AND CONTINUE 6.5 MILES UP GU4301'MAIN ROAD, TURN RIGHT THROUGH GATE AND FOLLOW UP RIDGE ABOUT 5 GU4301'MILES TO BASE OF SHARP ROCKY PEAK, AND FOLLOW TRAIL TO TOP AND GU4301'STATION SITE. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1946) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (EBB) GU4301'THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. GU4301'A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS-- GU4301' GU4301'ABOUT 10 MILES NE OF SALINAS, ABOUT 8.75 MILES SW OF HOLLISTER, GU4301'ABOUT 6.25 MILES SSW OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, ON THE SUMMIT OF GU4301'THE HIGHEST ROCKY PEAK OF THE GABILAN RANGE. ACCORDING TO A GU4301'PLAQUE IN THE VICINITY, THIS MOUNTAIN IS THE FIRST PLACE GU4301'IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS RAISED AND WAS GU4301'NAMED IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN FREMONT. GU4301' GU4301'TO REACH FROM SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, GO S ON STATE HIGHWAY 156 GU4301'FOR 0.5 MILE, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK (HIGHWAY TURNS LEFT) AND GU4301'GO SW FOR 0.2 MILE, TURN LEFT ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, GU4301'THEN TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.4 MILE. TAKE THE LEFT FORK, PASSING GU4301'TO THE LEFT OF THE CEMENT PLANT, AND FOLLOW THE MAIN TRAVELED GU4301'ROAD S AND W FOR 8.9 MILES, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO W FOR GU4301'0.3 MILE, PASS THROUGH A BOARD GATE AND FOLLOW THE MAIN GU4301'TRAVELED ROAD W FOR 1.3 MILES TO THE END OF THE ROAD AT THE GU4301'LOOKOUT TOWER. FROM THIS POINT, PACK N ABOUT 100 YARDS GU4301'TO THE TOP OF THE SHARP ROCKY POINT AND THE STATION. GU4301' GU4301'IT IS A BRONZE DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN LIMESTONE GU4301'BEDROCK PROJECTING 2 FEET, 9.85 FEET SW OF THE NW CORNER GU4301'OF THE FREMONT MONUMENT, AND IS STAMPED FREEMONT 1930. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A BRONZE DISK, STAMPED FREEMONT NO 1 1930. GU4301'IT IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK, IT IS ABOUT 2-1/2 FEET GU4301'HIGHER THAN THE STATION, AND IT IS 2.55 FEET NW OF THE NW CORNER GU4301'OF THE FREMONT MONUMENT. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A BRONZE DISK, STAMPED FREEMONT NO 2 1930. GU4301'IT IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 9 GU4301'INCHES. IT IS ABOUT 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION, AND IT GU4301'IS 11.9 FEET S OF THE NW CORNER OF THE FREMONT MONUMENT. GU4301' GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE DISK, STAMPED FREMONT 1944 AND GU4301'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A LIMESTONE OUTCROP WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT GU4301'4 FEET. IT IS ABOUT 0.5 MILE NNE OF THE STATION, ABOUT 200 GU4301'FEET SE OF THE ROAD AND CATTLE GUARD, 69 FEET SW OF THE GU4301'HIGHEST POINT OF THE KNOLL, 65 FEET N OF AN 18-INCH OAK TREE, GU4301'AND 43 FEET N OF THE CENTER OF A TRACK ROAD. GU4301' GU4301'THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS A RATHER LARGE STRUCTURE WHICH IS 55 GU4301'FEET HIGH AND WAS PROBABLY USED DURING THE WAR FOR AN AIR-RAID GU4301'SPOTTING STATION. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1951) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (LGT) GU4301'THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. GU4301'IN THE SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 202 THE DIRECTION TO THE GU4301'REFERENCE MARKS ARE IN ERROR BY 180 DEGREES. A NEW DESCRIPTION GU4301'FOLLOWS. THERE IS NO VISIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF ANY OF THESE GU4301'MARKS. GU4301' GU4301'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALINAS, GU4301'9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLISTER, AND 6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST GU4301'OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF WHAT IS GU4301'LOCALLY KNOWN AS FREMONT PEAK AND IS 9.6 FEET WEST OF THE GU4301'NORTHWEST CORNER OF A MONUMENT, A MEMORIAL TO GENERAL FREMONT. GU4301'IT IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING GU4301'BEDROCK WHICH PROJECTS 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE MARK IS GU4301'STAMPED FREMONT 1930. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 1 IS ABOUT 18 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE GU4301'STATION. IT IS 2.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GU4301'MONUMENT. THE MARK IS SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK WHICH GU4301'PROJECTS 2-1/2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE MARK IS STAMPED GU4301'FREMONT NO 1 1930. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER 2 IS ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER THAN THE STATION. GU4301'IT IS 11.7 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GU4301'MONUMENT. THE MARK IS SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK WHICH GU4301'PROJECTS 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE MARK IS STAMPED FREMONT GU4301'NO 2 1930. GU4301' GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS LOCATED 27.9 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST GU4301'CORNER OF THE GARAGE AT THE MAIN RESIDENCE OF THE FREMONT GU4301'STATE PARK AND 1 FOOT WEST NORTHWEST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. GU4301'THE MARK IS SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK WHICH PROJECTS 2 FEET GU4301'ABOVE THE GROUND. THE MARK IS STAMPED FREMONT 1944. GU4301' GU4301'TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, GO SOUTHWEST GU4301'FOR ONE BLOCK TO STATE HIGHWAY 156. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE GU4301'HIGHWAY FOR 0.6 MILE TO A FORK AND SIGN FREMONT PEAK 11 MILES. GU4301'TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.25 MILE TO A FORK AND SIGN GU4301'FREMONT PEAK 11 MILES. TAKE THE LEFT FORK, AS PER SIGN, AND GU4301'FOLLOW THE PAVED ROAD FOR 10.6 MILES TO A REVERSE Y. (TO REACH GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM HERE, TURN SHARP LEFT AND GO 0.05 MILE GU4301'TO THE HOUSE, GARAGE AND AZIMUTH MARK.) CONTINUE STRAIGHT GU4301'AHEAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO A DIRT ROAD LEFT WITH A LOCKED CHAIN GU4301'ACROSS IT. THE KEY IS OBTAINABLE FROM THE STATE PARK GU4301'RANGER. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE DIRT ROAD TO ITS END AND GU4301'THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK WESTERLY UP THE STEEP SLOPE GU4301'TO THE HIGHEST POINT AND THE STATION. A 5 MINUTE PACK. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1962) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (JCC) GU4301'THE STATION, REFERENCE MARK 1, 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE GU4301'RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY L.G.T. IN 1951. THERE IS NO VISIBLE GU4301'DESPLACEMENT OF THE MARKS. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1962) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (JCC) GU4301'STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY JOHN C. CHILDS IN EARLY 1962. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1968) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (CND) GU4301'ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1951 AND FOUND IN GOOD GU4301'CONDITION. GU4301' GU4301'THE 1951 DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE. GU4301' GU4301'STATION WAS VISITED BY A LIGHTKEEPER ONLY. GU4301' GU4301'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--6 MILES GU4301'SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1969) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (CAA) GU4301'THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2, AND THE AZIMUTH MARK GU4301'WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN THE 1951 DESCRIPTION AND FOUND GU4301'TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE TO REACH, GU4301'A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. GU4301' GU4301'THE STATION IS LOCATED AIRLINE, ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GU4301'SALINAS, 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLISTER AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF GU4301'SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. IT IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF WHAT IS GU4301'CALLED FREMONT PEAK. GU4301' GU4301'TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, GO SOUTHERLY GU4301'ON POLK STREET FOR 0.05 MILE TO THIRD STREET. TURN LEFT ON GU4301'THIRD STREET AND GO SOUTHERLY AND EASTERLY FOR 0.35 MILE TO GU4301'STATE HIGHWAY 156. CROSS THE HIGHWAY AND CONTINUE ON SAN GU4301'BENITO COUNTY ROAD G-1 FOR 0.35 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT GU4301'FORK AS PER SIGN FREMONT PEAK 11, AND FOLLOW PAVED ROAD UPHILL GU4301'FOR 10.3 MILES TO A REVERSE FORK LEFT. (TO REACH THE AZIMUTH GU4301'MARK FROM HERE, TURN SHARP LEFT FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE PARK GU4301'RANGER RESIDENCE AND THE MARK, JUST BEHIND A HOUSE WITH A GU4301'GARAGE ATTACHED.) CONTINUE ON PAVED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE GU4301'TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK FOR 0.05 MILE TO A PARKING GU4301'AREA AND A CHAIN GATE ON THE LEFT. TURN LEFT, PASSING GU4301'THROUGH GATE, AND FOLLOW STEEP WINDING ROAD FOR 0.35 GU4301'MILE TO A TRACK ROAD ON THE LEFT BETWEEN A TELEVISION GU4301'ANTENNA AND A MICROWAVE TOWER. BEAR LEFT AND FOLLOW TRACK GU4301'ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE END OF THE ROAD AT THE BASE OF A GU4301'SHARP PEAK, AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. HERE, PACK UP STEEP GU4301'PEAK FOR ABOUT 75 YARDS TO THE HIGHEST POINT AND THE GU4301'STATION. THIS IS ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE PACK. GU4301' GU4301'THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED FREMONT 1930, SET GU4301'IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING ROCK WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 18 GU4301'INCHES. IT IS 12.6 FEET NORTHWEST OF A FLAGPOLE, AND ABOUT GU4301'2 FEET LOWER THAN THE TOP OF AN INSCRIBED MEMORIAL. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED FREMONT NO 1 1930, GU4301'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN AN OUTCROP WHICH IS ABOUT 2 FEET GU4301'ACROSS AND IS ABOUT 6 INCHES LOWER THAN THE MEMORIAL. IT GU4301'IS 5 FEET NORTH OF THE FLAGPOLE. GU4301' GU4301'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED FREMONT NO 2 1930, GU4301'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN AN OUTCROP WHICH IS ABOUT 3 FEET BY 4 GU4301'FEET AND IS ABOUT 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE TOP OF THE MEMORIAL. GU4301'IT IS 13.8 FEET WEST OF THE FLAGPOLE. GU4301' GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED FREMONT 1944 GU4301'SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN AN OUTCROP WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 2 FEET. GU4301'IT IS 40.3 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A METAL GU4301'BUILDING AND 26.4 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A GU4301'GARAGE. GU4301' GU4301'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--6 MILES GU4301'SOUTH OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1972) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (LDK) GU4301'RECOVERED THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARK NOS. 1 AND 2 AND GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED. DESCRIPTION GU4301'TO REACH IS ADEQUATE. STATION OCCUPIED BY LIGHTKEEPERS ONLY. GU4301' GU4301'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 4 FEET. GU4301 GU4301 STATION RECOVERY (1974) GU4301 GU4301'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (LDK) GU4301'STATION MARK STAMPED FREMONT 1930, R.M. NO. 1 AND R.M. NO. 2 GU4301'WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. GU4301' GU4301'THE DESCRIPTION TO REACH IS ADEQUATE. GU4301' GU4301'THE AZIMUTH MARK WAS NOT RECOVERED AT THIS TIME SINCE THE GU4301'STATION WAS ONLY VISITED BY THE LIGHT KEEPER. GU4301' GU4301'HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 3.15 FEET.