National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = OCTOBER 3, 2001 PE1778 *********************************************************************** PE1778 DESIGNATION - MOUNT DESERT RESET PE1778 PID - PE1778 PE1778 STATE/COUNTY- ME/HANCOCK PE1778 USGS QUAD - SEAL HARBOR (1983) PE1778 PE1778 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL PE1778 ___________________________________________________________________ PE1778* NAD 83(1996)- 44 21 04.81352(N) 068 13 35.57686(W) ADJUSTED PE1778* NAVD 88 - 462.8 (meters) 1518. (feet) VERTCON PE1778 ___________________________________________________________________ PE1778 LAPLACE CORR- 4.08 (seconds) DEFLEC99 PE1778 GEOID HEIGHT- -23.96 (meters) GEOID99 PE1778 PE1778 HORZ ORDER - FIRST PE1778 PE1778.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods PE1778.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1998. PE1778 PE1778.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to PE1778.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) PE1778 PE1778.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. PE1778 PE1778.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. PE1778 PE1778; North East Units Scale Converg. PE1778;SPC ME E - 76,104.146 321,800.437 MT 0.99990584 +0 11 28.2 PE1778;UTM 19 - 4,911,187.149 561,643.684 MT 0.99964673 +0 32 26.5 PE1778 PE1778: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az PE1778:SPC ME E - BLUE HILL RM 3 287 30 27.0 PE1778:UTM 19 - BLUE HILL RM 3 287 09 28.7 PE1778 PE1778|---------------------------------------------------------------------| PE1778| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | PE1778| dddmmss.s | PE1778| MOUNT DESERT AZ MK 0304203.3 | PE1778| MOUNT DESERT RM 1 23.100 METERS 03144 | PE1778| MOUNT DESERT RM 2 17.671 METERS 14655 | PE1778| K 24 17505 | PE1778| PE1963 BLUE HILL RM 3 APPROX.30.4 KM 2874155.2 | PE1778|---------------------------------------------------------------------| PE1778 PE1778 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL PE1778 PE1778 NAD 83(1992)- 44 21 04.81381(N) 068 13 35.58698(W) AD( ) 1 PE1778 NAD 83(1986)- 44 21 04.81277(N) 068 13 35.59208(W) AD( ) 1 PE1778 NAD 27 - 44 21 04.53000(N) 068 13 37.54200(W) AD( ) 1 PE1778 NGVD 29 - 463.0 (m) 1519. (f) VERT ANG PE1778 PE1778.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. PE1778.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. PE1778.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. PE1778 PE1778_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK PE1778_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP PE1778_STAMPING: MT DESERT 1856 PE1778_MARK LOGO: CGS PE1778 PE1778 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By PE1778 HISTORY - 1931 MONUMENTED CGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1902 GOOD CGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1931 SEE DESCRIPTION MEGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1932 GOOD MEGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1933 GOOD MEGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1934 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1944 GOOD CGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1960 GOOD CGS PE1778 HISTORY - 1971 GOOD NGS PE1778 PE1778 STATION DESCRIPTION PE1778 PE1778'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1902 PE1778'ON THE HIGHEST ELEVATION OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, KNOWN AS MOUNT PE1778'DESERT OR GREEN MOUNT. IT IS A VERY COMMANDING POSITION AND THE PE1778'VIEW IS UNOBSTRUCTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS. PE1778' PE1778'THE STATION IS ON THE SUMMIT AND 22-1/4 INCHES E OF THE SE PE1778'CORNER OF A CREVICE IN THE ROCK. THE STATION IS A HOLE DRILLED PE1778'IN A ROCK. ALSO THE FOLLOWING RANGE DRILL HOLES WERE FOUND PE1778'53.17 FEET FROM STATION ON LINE TOWARD PEAKED MOUNTAIN, 17.52 PE1778'FEET FROM THE STATION ON LINE TO BLUE HILL, AND 21.83 FEET FROM PE1778'THE STATION ON LINE TO RAGGED MOUNTAIN. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1931) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY MAINE GEODETIC SURVEY 1931 PE1778'THE STATION IS ON THE HIGHEST PART OF CADILLAC MOUNTAIN (FORMERLY PE1778'CALLED GREEN MOUNTAIN), IN THE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. A FINE PE1778'AUTOMOBILE ROAD ON THE MOUNTAIN WAS OPENED IN OCTOBER 1931, AND PE1778'THIS ROAD PASSES SOME 500 FEET TO THE N OF THE STATION, MAKING PE1778'IT EASY OF ACCESS. PE1778' PE1778'ON JULY 18, 1931, I FOUND A DRILL HOLE WHICH APPEARED TO BE PE1778'THE STATION MARK AND WHICH CHECKED FAIRLY WELL WITH THE RANGE PE1778'HOLES. IT WAS COVERED WITH SEVERAL STONES WHICH HAD APPARENTLY PE1778'ONCE BEEN A CAIRN. ABOUT 10 FEET S OF THE HOLE THE LEDGE WAS PE1778'A FEW FEET HIGHER, BEING APPARENTLY THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE PE1778'ISLAND, AND WAS MARKED BY A CAIRN, UNDER WHICH I COULD FIND NO PE1778'HOLE OR OTHER MARK. THE CAIRN REMAINS IN PLACE. PE1778' PE1778'ON SEPT. 1, 1931, I CEMENTED A STANDARD C. AND G.S. TRIANGULATION PE1778'TABLET IN THE HOLE, AND SET TWO STANDARD REFERENCE MARKS IN PE1778'EXPOSED LEDGE, THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCES FROM THE PE1778'STATION BEING ABOUT AS FOLLOWS--NO.1, 75.8 FEET, PE1778'NO.2 58.0 FEET. THESE VALUES ARE ONLY PE1778'APPROXIMATE, BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE PE1778'MEASUREMENTS, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON TO PERHAPS ONE PE1778'OR TWO TENTHS OF A FOOT AND TWO OR THREE MINUTES OF ARC. I PE1778'HOPE TO HAVE MORE ACCURATE FIGURES NEXT YEAR. PE1778' PE1778'THE VIEW FROM THE STATION IS OBSTRUCTED BY TREES FROM ABOUT PE1778'S, THROUGH W, TO ABOUT NNE. AND PARTIALLY CUT OFF BY A LOWER PE1778'SUMMIT OF THE SAME MOUNTAIN, TO THE EASTWARD. PE1778' PE1778'FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE MY LETTER OF DEC. 7, 1931. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1932) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY MAINE GEODETIC SURVEY 1932 PE1778'WHEN I RE-MARKED THIS STATION IN 1931 THE ONLY REFERENCE MARKS PE1778'OF WHICH I HAD KNOWLEDGE WERE THE THREE HOLES MENTIONED IN PE1778'THE PRINTED DESCRIPTION. LATER I OBTAINED A COPY OF A SKETCH PE1778'IN THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATION, WHICH SHOWED RANGE PE1778'HOLES ON LINE TO A NUMBER OF OTHER STATIONS, AND IN 1932 I PE1778'VISITED THE STATION AGAIN TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANY OF THESE PE1778'HOLES AND THUS GET AN ADDITIONAL CHECK ON MY IDENTIFICATION OF THE PE1778'STATION POINT. I FOUND 6 OUT OF 8 OF THE NEARER HOLES OF PE1778'THE RANGES AND THESE CHECKED IN AZIMUTH TO WITHIN A FEW PE1778'MINUTES OF ARC, WHICH WAS AS CLOSE AS I COULD DETERMINE THE PE1778'DIRECTIONS WITH THE MINIATURE TRANSIT WHICH I USED, BUT PE1778'THE DISTANCES WERE ALL LESS THAN THOSE GIVEN ON THE SKETCH. PE1778'MY MEASUREMENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS, THE DISTANCES ON THE SKETCH PE1778'BEING IN PARENTHESES, ALL BEING IN FEET AND INCHES--ISLE AU PE1778'HAUT 50-6-1/2 (50-11). TUNK 40-5 (41-1). BURKE NOT FOUND. PE1778'COOPER 86-6 (86-10). EAST BASE 112-3 (112-7). MITTEN PE1778'MOUNT 66-7 (67-4). HOWARD 56-4 (57-2). THE FARTHER HOLES PE1778'OF THESE RANGES WERE, ACCORDING TO THE SKETCH, SO FAR FROM PE1778'THE STATION THAT I DID NOT LOOK FOR THEM, EXCEPT IN THE PE1778'CASE OF MITTEN MOUNT, WHICH I FOUND AND WHICH WAS ABOUT PE1778'RIGHT IN AZIMUTH, BUT I DID NOT MEASURE THE DISTANCE PE1778'BECAUSE OF INTERVENING BUSHES. THE DISCREPANCIES IN PE1778'DISTANCE ARE PERHAPS DUE TO INACCURACIES IN THE ORIGINAL PE1778'MEASUREMENTS, OR IN MINE, OVER RATHER ROUGH GROUND, AND TO PE1778'POSSIBLE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES DUE TO HORIZONTAL OR SLOPE DISTANCES. PE1778' PE1778'THE LINE TO STATION TUNK, ON THE SKETCH, IS MARKED WITH A PE1778'NAME WHICH LOOKS LIKE HINK, BUT THIS IS EVIDENTLY AN ERROR, AS PE1778'THERE IS NO SUCH STATION IN THE VICINITY, AND THE DIRECTION IS PE1778'CORRECT FOR TUNK. PE1778' PE1778'THE HOLES ON LINES TO RAGGED MOUNTAIN, BLUE HILL AND PEAKED PE1778'MOUNTAIN, WHICH ARE MENTIONED IN THE PRINTED DESCRIPTION, ARE NOT PE1778'SHOWN ON THE SKETCH, BUT THEY CHECKED FAIRLY WELL, WITH THE PE1778'EXCEPTION OF THE ONE SAID TO BE ON THE LINE TO BLUE HILL, WHICH PE1778'WAS ABOUT 3 DEG S OF THAT LINE. THIS HOLE (A SHALLOW ONE) IS, PE1778'HOWEVER, ON OR CLOSE TO THE LINE TO MOUNT BLUE, WHICH IS A PE1778'STATION OF THE PRIMARY SCHEME, ALTHOUGH I CAN FIND NO RECORD PE1778'THAT THE LINE WAS OBSERVED OVER, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF PE1778'OBSTRUCTIONS. PE1778' PE1778'I FEEL THAT ON THE WHOLE MY IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATION HAS PE1778'BEEN CONFIRMED, BUT I HOPE THAT THE NEXT SUMMER IT WILL BE PE1778'POSSIBLE TO MAKE SOME BETTER DETERMINATIONS OF THE DISTANCES AND PE1778'AZIMUTHS OF THE RANGE HOLES. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1933) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY MAINE GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 PE1778'DURING THE SUMMER OF 1933 I FOUND 6 MORE OF THE RANGE HOLES AT PE1778'THIS STATION, MAKING WITH THE 10 PREVIOUSLY FOUND, 16 IN PE1778'ALL. THESE INCLUDE THE 3 HOLES MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION PE1778'(BUT NOT SHOWN ON THE ORIGINAL SKETCH), AND ALL BUT ONE OF THE PE1778'14 HOLES SHOWN ON THE SKETCH IN THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. THE PE1778'ONE MISSING HOLE WAS PROBABLY DESTROYED BY THE BREAKING OFF OF PE1778'A PIECE OF THE LEDGE. (THIS WAS THE NEARER HOLE ON THE LINE TO PE1778'BURKE). PE1778' PE1778'IN ADDITION I FOUND ONE HOLE WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS PE1778'BUT WHICH I COULD NOT IDENTIFY AS BEING ON A LINE TO ANY PE1778'STATION. IT WAS DISTANT ABOUT 49.1 FEET FROM THE FARTHER HOLE ON PE1778'THE LINE TO HOWARD, IN A DIRECTION SOMEWHAT S OF E. PE1778' PE1778'ALTHOUGH THESE RANGE HOLES MAY BE OF NO IMPORTANCE, I HAVE PE1778'MENTIONED THEM BECAUSE THEY FURNISH A CONVENIENT CHECK ON THE PE1778'IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATION POINT, WHICH I RE-MARKED IN 1931. PE1778' PE1778'THE CAIRN MENTIONED IN MY 1931 RECOVERY NOTE HAS BEEN REMOVED, PE1778'DOUBTLESS BY THE PARK AUTHORITIES, AND A WEDGE-SHAPED STONE SET PE1778'IN ITS PLACE. THE STONE IS ABOUT 12 FEET, IN A SOUTHERLY PE1778'DIRECTION, FROM THE STATION TABLET. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1934) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC) PE1778'STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. IT IS NOW A STANDARD BRONZE PE1778'DISK WEDGED IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK, WITH TWO PE1778'REFERENCE MARKS, STANDARD BRONZE DISKS IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. IT PE1778'IS ON THE FLAT LEDGE 13 FEET N OF THE U.S.G.S. BENCH MARK. THE PE1778'BENCH MARK IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE PE1778'MOUNTAIN IS NOW KNOWN AS CADILLAC MOUNTAIN AND IS A PART OF PE1778'ARCADIA NATIONAL PARK. THE SUMMIT IS EASILY REACHED BY A PAVED PE1778'ROAD. PE1778' PE1778'THE STATION IS ABOUT 100 YARDS SW OF THE PARKING CIRCLE AT THE PE1778'END OF THIS ROAD. DRILL HOLES ON LINE TO OTHER STATIONS WERE PE1778'FOUND AS FOLLOWS--ISLE AU HAUT 50.4 FEET, RAGGED MOUNTAIN 21.7 PE1778'FEET, TUNK 40.4 FEET, COOPER 86.5 FEET, EAST BASE 112.3 FEET, PE1778'MITTEN MOUNT 66.6 FEET, HOWARD 56.3 FEET. THESE MEASUREMENTS PE1778'ARE HORIZONTAL AND ARE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE RECORD DISTANCES PE1778'GIVEN IN THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1944) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (FLP) PE1778'STATION AND REFERENCE MARK 1 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS PE1778'DESCRIBED BY K.G.C. IN 1934. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER PE1778'DRILL HOLES. REFERENCE MARK 2 HAS BEEN COVERED APPROXIMATELY PE1778'4 FEET DEEP BY A ROADWAY OF STONE WITH MACADAM SURFACE. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1960) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (HRL) PE1778'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND ALL MARKS FOUND TO PE1778'BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE WITH PE1778'THE FOLLOWING ADDITION-- PE1778' PE1778'THE STATION MAY BE REACHED AFTER ARRIVING AT THE PARKING CIRCLE PE1778'AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN BY GOING SOUTHERLY ON THE PAVED PE1778'DRIVEWAY RUNNING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GIFT SHOP TO THE END OF PE1778'PAVEMENT AND THE STATION ABOUT 100 FEET FURTHER SOUTH. PE1778 PE1778 STATION RECOVERY (1971) PE1778 PE1778'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LFS) PE1778'STATION WAS RECOVERED AND ALL MARKS FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PE1778'DISTANCE AND ANGLES TO THE REFERENCE MARKS WAS NOT CHECKED DUE PE1778'TO LACK OF TIME. PE1778' PE1778'STATION IS LOCATED IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, ON THE SUMMIT OF PE1778'CADILLAC MOUNTAIN, AT THE NORTHWEST END OF THE OPEN, BEDROCK PE1778'AREA, ABOUT 200 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF THE PARKING AREA AT END OF PE1778'PARK HIGHWAY. PE1778' PE1778'TO REACH STATION FROM THE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS PE1778'AT BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN, FOLLOW THE PARK HIGHWAY FOR 6.9 MILES PE1778'TO SUMMIT, AND END OF HIGHWAY AT PARKING AREA. WALK SOUTHWEST PE1778'UP GRAVELED ROADWAY ABOUT 125 YARDS TO STATION. PE1778' PE1778'STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED MT DESERT 1856, CEMENTED PE1778'IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK. PE1778' PE1778'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER ONE IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED MT DESERT PE1778'RM 1 1856, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK, NORTHEAST FROM PE1778'STATION ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRUSH PATCH, AND ABOUT 4 FEET LOWER PE1778'THAN STATION. PE1778' PE1778'REFERENCE MARK NUMBER TWO IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED MT DESERT PE1778'RM 2 1856, CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN BEDROCK, SOUTHEAST FROM PE1778'STATION ALONG HILLTOP, AT ABOUT SAME ELEVATION AS STATION. PE1778' PE1778'USGS BM IS A STANDARD USGS DISK CEMEMTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE PE1778'HIGHEST BEDROCK FORMATION ON THE HILL, ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER THAN PE1778'STATION. PE1778' PE1778'AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN PE1778'2-1/2 MILES SW OF BAR HARBOR.