 1/31/2010 |
dkestrel found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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In conjunction with caches.
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| 11/8/2009 |
Divabetic&Dropshot24 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Our first Bench Mark and a very important one to boot!! Divabetic and Dropshot24!
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| 10/4/2009 |
leitko4 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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First benchmark find, and a pretty significant one at that! Found while doing a nearby cache and introducing some friends to geocaching.
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| 9/2/2009 |
Geodude2008 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it while finding the cache nearby to complete the requirements for the ABC Challenge.
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| 7/19/2009 |
my-t-robin found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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The greatest benchmark I have found to date.
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| 7/7/2009 |
Montucky found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Also logged the GC.
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| 7/1/2009 |
Cacher Checks Only found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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As noted in description for nearby geocache (GC6E77), the original stone has been replaced with a stainless steel marker. Very cool to be in this historic spot!
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| 5/30/2009 |
jelly_bean_z found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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this was my first benchmark to find while attending the willamete stone coin challege with yukonkate49 & tjwags
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| 5/30/2009 |
ornith found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found while attending the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon (PLSO)/ Geocaching's Willamette Stone - Oregon 150 Event with a whole bunch of other Geocachers. Thanks for the fun and info. See Geocache "GC1RD0A" for Photos of the Event and attendees. ORNITH
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| 5/30/2009 |
Yukonkate49 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Out w/TJWags and JellyBeanZ - great day and my first benchmark!
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| 5/30/2009 |
brianj10 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this during the 150 year celebration. What a great event.
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 Willamette Meridian Benchmark
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| 5/30/2009 |
tjwags found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this benchmark while attending the Willamette Stone - Oregon 150 event cache. We went with Yukonkate49 and Jelly Bean Z. Met other geocachers, surveyors and scouts. Very nice day for an event.
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| 5/30/2009 |
pdxrose found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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View the monument today. Thanks
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| 5/23/2009 |
EveryWhichWay found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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If we're going to get one benchmark in the NW, this is it!
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| 5/16/2009 |
OR&WA4STR found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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What a historically interesting place for an old Forester with an ancient surveying background. I always knew of the initial points existence, but never knew the darn thing was so easy to get to & visit. Not quite like the hallowed grounds of the battlefields at Gettysburg, but a close second! My poor planning kept this from being my first benchmark since starting to geocache, so the W.M. I.P. goes into my log as #2.
THANX. 0930 Hrs. OR&WA4STR
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| 4/26/2009 |
ivhs72 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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My first bench mark, kinda cool. Stood right on top of it, and used it to store a reference waypoint on my GPS. Never realized that there was so much history so close.
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Willamette Stone Portland Oregon
Willamette Stone Portland Oregon
Willamette Stone Portland Oregon
Willamette Stone sign
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| 12/3/2008 |
baradam found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Always wanted to come and see this place. So, I snook off one day and took a stroll down to see it.
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| 10/2/2008 |
jlanij found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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This is such a neat place. Amazing to think that's how they measured everything in the whole valley!
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Willamette Stone 2
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| 9/28/2008 |
hdmama2002 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found today while down in Oregon for a short visit. Nice to see that someone has replaced the BM.
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Boys at the Willamette Stone
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| 9/13/2008 |
Dancing Penguin found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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It's still there, and so is the nearby cache. :)
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| 9/8/2008 |
Team BBPS found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it...
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| 9/6/2008 |
Warnock3d found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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I was pleased to visit this stone. It has special History. All was in great shape.
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| 7/31/2008 |
Sidetrippers found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Finally was able to get up the hill today for the find with a geocoin that needs to visit benchmarks. Nice park and found the nearby geocache.
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Benchmark in Multnomah county, OR
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 2/17/2008 |
cmc56789 marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Found the new replacement benchmark while geocaching with gonzagajen. Certainly a must-do for anyone in the geo-studies!
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The current banchmark
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| 2/10/2008 |
shadowbuzz found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this while geocaching. Very interesting lesson on geography! Cool place to visit.
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| 12/22/2007 |
turnermi found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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found this a while ago
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| 12/5/2007 |
Team Sagefox marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Just adding another reminder that the original benchmark has been vandalized and removed. This is a wonderfully significant location but for logging purposes a Note, DNF or Destroyed log would be appropriate here instead of a Found It. There is no doubt in my mind that the current benchmark is in the correct spot but the USGS database does not reflect this change. Typically, when a benchmark was replaced by an new benchmark disk that new disk was stamped "reset" and is given a new PID. Sometimes, as in this case, a new marker is given a new designation. In this case, the current benchmark might get it's own page in the future but for now it is not the marker described on this page.
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| 9/15/2007 |
TheBeanTeam found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Have wanted to stop here for some time. Finally made it after a visit to the zoo.
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The Mark
Willamette Meridian
Mr. Bean & The Bean Himself at the Monument
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| 9/11/2007 |
lesslost2 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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This station is a "must-have" for those interested in the history of the family of surveyor's marks. Happy to get this one. Photo retained in personal collection.
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| 9/1/2007 |
kfir found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it when heading for the nearby cache. Cool monument.
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| 5/28/2007 |
Inquisitor Clayton found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found on my birthday.
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| 5/28/2007 |
Moonstarrr found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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A very interesting marker!
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| 5/18/2007 |
travelingsages found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Great history lesson for children.
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 3/14/2007 |
shelrik posted a note for RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Below is the date found, we actually logged it on 3/14/07 cause we were not hip about the benchmark thing
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| 2/17/2007 |
schmale 2 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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our first benchmark yaaaa! and one of the most inportant in the area to boot happy hunting
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| 2/4/2007 |
shelrik found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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We found this Benchmark looking for a cache did no realise that we could record this as a Benchmark find. well now we do. Shelrik & The Boy....
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| 1/6/2007 |
1Tower found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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PARK WAS KINDA HARD TO FIND, NOT LISTED ON MANY MAPS. GREAT POINT OF INTEREST. PARK WAS SMALLER THAN EXPECTED. GREAT HISTORY FIND..
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| 12/23/2006 |
TheBlueFox found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Very interesting place.
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| 10/27/2006 |
Papa-Bear-NYC marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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This station is in a lovely park called "Willamette Stone State Park". If you drive west on Burnside and keep driving after it becomes Skyline Boulevard, look for the sign and a small parking lot on the left as you reach the top of the ridge. There is a short paved path down the hill about 200 yards to the monument. The station was originally established in 1851 and marked the initial point for land surveying in Washington and Oregon. The "Willamette Base Line" goes due west to the Pacific Ocian and due east to the Idaho state line. In Portland it follows Stark east out of the city and then follows Base Line Road as you get further out. The Perpendicular "Willamette Meridian" goes due north to the Canadian border, and due south to the California state line. Unfortunately, in the 1980s the stone was vandalized and there is no record in the NGS datasheet that the horizontal control was preserved when the present disk and concrete base was put in to replace the stone. There is block of granite that the disk is mounted on, but there is no record that this is a remnant of the original stone (which was 8 inches square). So as a benchmark (horizontal control station) it is destroyed, but as a place to visit, it is just wonderful. If you are in Portland, this is a must (besides visiting the nearby caches). [This entry was edited by Papa-Bear-NYC on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at 5:51:28 PM.]
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RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
Explanatory sign at entrance to park.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
A short path down the hill leads to the station.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
A bronze plaque mounted next to the disk.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
The Willamette Meridian heading north to Canada.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
The Willamette Base Line heads east to Idaho.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
Plaque and disk.
RD3152 "MONUMENT", Portland Oregon
RD3152 "MONUMENT" vintage photo (1954), Portland O
Vintage photo (1954) of the original Willamette Stone.
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| 9/22/2006 |
mums58 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Nice place to have lunch.....
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| 9/1/2006 |
6cachehunters found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Great bit of history. I had no idea this was here....Thank you so much for bringing us to it!!
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| 8/17/2006 |
MrWalkie found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this out caching. Enjoyed the info for a site I've passed many times.
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| 7/3/2006 |
Ichabod found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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What a great bit of history.
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| 7/3/2006 |
bara found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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delighted to find, on the way to X Marks the Spot Again II
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| 6/19/2006 |
Tiggr found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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FOUND WITH CHARLIE AND THE KIDS.
ON OUR 6000 MILES TRIP ACROSS THE USA.
TIGGR
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| 6/19/2006 |
bella*cacher found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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We were along with grandpa GEO*TRAILBLAZER 1 and TIGGR our grandma when we recovered the mark.
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| 6/19/2006 |
alexis*cacher found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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We were lucky enough to be with our Grandpa,GEO*TRAILBLAZER 1 and our Grandma TIGGR when they recovered this mark.
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| 6/19/2006 |
GEO*Trailblazer 1 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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THE LAST INITIAL POINT ON OUR 6000 MILE TREK ACROSS THE USA.
WE HAVE NOW DONE ALL OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE UNITED STATES INITIAL POINTS.THE GIRLS REALLY LIKED THIS ONE.
WE HAD A BLAST FINDING THE CACHE TOO.
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RD3152 GIRLS
THE GIRLS OF ARK-MO GEOCACHERS.
RD3152 DISC
THE DISC IN CENTER
RD3152 PLAQUE
PLAQUE SET AT SITE
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| 6/11/2006 |
Bleuet & Thinker Bell found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this one when doing a cache nearby.
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| 3/11/2006 |
Douglas_Clan found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this one while looking for the nearby cache.
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| 2/21/2006 |
ajayhawkfan found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Interesting history.
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| 2/11/2006 |
thanatoid found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Great spot, loved the significance of it being the first benchmark we spotted. We found it along with the nearby geocache.
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| 2/5/2006 |
Geo.Otter found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it while geocaching. Didn't bother with a photo since there are so many other logs.
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| 1/21/2006 |
BaldEagles found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Loved finding this piece of land surveying history. I tried to picture this location with fewer trees and, hopefully, a place with better line-of-sight views for the surveyors.
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| 1/21/2006 |
Belted Kingfisher found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found while on the way to a nearby geocache.
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| 1/21/2006 |
Mtn. Girl found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Great piece of Oregon history!
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| 12/27/2005 |
Greenspan found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Sweet benchmark, easy to find. Also gives you a close up view of the nearby radio/tv antennas.
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| 11/26/2005 |
twm3 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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N 45° 31.149 W 122° 44.627
@ 801 feet.Girlfriend, a soon to be geocacher as soon as I give her my Garmin GPS, told me about this benchmark on the drive up from Reno for the Great American Pig Out Day, i.e., Thanksgiving. Took us a while to find it as we didn't have coordinates but happen to drive by a state park on a ridge line and found it. Interesting place for the bench bench mark. Wonder why this exact location versus up higher on the ridge, etc. A light rain was falling (no surprise there) so location shots did not work. Did notice some surveying tape off in the SE direction, maybe 15-20 yards, and think I saw a rod in the ground but did not document. Unfortunately the very near by cache didn't show up on my searches (only easy caches as I was road tripping and didn't have that much time). Will be back though. ~twm3, The Closet Geologist, and two dogs
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On Station
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| 11/7/2005 |
nwtrailster found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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BEAUTIFUL!! This is cool. love the fact this marker, so prevelent to all the surveying in OR and WA is just up the hill from my home. Never considered the significance until I got interested in caching. bonus there was a cache nearby.
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| 9/26/2005 |
Crazy Cat found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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My mother, Rose Red, and I found this benchmark while geocaching.
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| 9/26/2005 |
Rose Red found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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My daughter, Crazy Cat, and I found this benchmark while doing a geocache. Amazing place!
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Willamette Stone Benchmark
Willamette Stone Benchmark & Plaque
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| 8/22/2005 |
Team Nowayman found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it while looking for a nearby cache.
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| 8/2/2005 |
Team JOYSON found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this one with the boys while out caching tonight. Learned way more than I ever thought I'd know about surveying.
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| 7/21/2005 |
GeoLite69 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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found with another cacher while searching for the nearby cache,what a great way to experiance this,caching has again brought me to another place i would have never of gone to otherwise!!!!
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| 3/31/2005 |
theRubinator found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this while sniffing out a nearby cache.
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| 3/13/2005 |
Me & Bucky marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Was visiting friends nearby, and just had to visit the Willamette Stone site. Though I knew that the Stone had been vandalized, my friends did not, and were quite saddened to see that it was gone.I agree with CallawayMT, that a nice job has been done by the local survey society with the plaque and the 1988 Initial Point disk.
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Willamette Meridian Initial Point Disk
Willamette Stone Plaque
North at the Willamette Stone/Initial Point Site
West at the Willamette Stone/Initial Point Site
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| 2/28/2005 |
Wolfpack420 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this one looking for a cache, neet spot.
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| 2/17/2005 |
ftzgrldjh found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found it today while out geocaching!
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| 2/15/2005 |
boozebuggy found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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My first benchmark. Found it by looking for the nearby cache.
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| 2/5/2005 |
PastorDIC found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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I thought that since this was my first day geocaching with my new GPSmap 60C that it was only fitting to find this particular benchmark today. Took a bunch of pictures. Thanks to the previous finders for the info on the previous benchmark. I had been expecting the one I saw in the 1980's, and was confused when I found a flat marker. When I logged the benchmark I found out why.
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| 11/27/2004 |
Team Black Cat found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Easy find when you're looking for the nearby geocache. 
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| 11/23/2004 |
thelittleweirdos found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Rainy day for geocaching, but at least the trail was paved! Stopped at the Willamette Stone, and also found the cache hidden nearby.
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| 10/23/2004 |
Fridgecat found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Rainy Rainy Rainy! My first initial point with the Mojave Mule. Cool park, great setting and wonderful history. ~fridgecat
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| 10/7/2004 |
piaa_nissan found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Too bad original was destroyed, just shows deadbeats careless about the past as much as the future. Reset in good condition
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| 10/2/2004 |
EtchaBear found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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| 8/29/2004 |
CallawayMT marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Went to Portland for the Jeld-Wen Champions Tour Golf tournament, but had to take the time to come see the Willamette Stone. Did not take a data sheet and drove right past the parking area the first time. Walked down the trail in some morning fog and found the 1988 Stainless monument drilled into the remnants of the original stone. A very nicely presented area with a large brass placque and informational exhibits up at the road parking area. Well worth the stop to see such an important survey monument for the states of Oregon and Washington. Just a small glimpse of the terrain and vegetative conditions those surveyors went through over 100 years ago. [This entry was edited by CallawayMT on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 7:12:17 PM.]
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Willamette Stone Stainless Monument - Portland, OR
1988 corner perpetuation
Willamette Stone Monument - Portland, OR
Approaching from the parking area.
Willamette Stone Monument - Portland, OR
Brass placque in concrete surrounding the monument.
Willamette Stone Monument - Portland, OR
Looking up the trail.
Willamette Stone Park - Portland, OR
Willamette Stone Park - Portland, OR
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| 8/20/2004 |
All4OfUs found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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We are down in Portland for the weekend and my Dad told us that he was going to take us to a benchmark. What fun it was to find this one. The most important benchmark we've found to date! The first benchmark for my parents too!
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| 8/5/2004 |
Hike4Cache found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Hard to believe we had these capabilities in this time era. Must have been quite the challenge!
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| 6/27/2004 |
YeOleImposter marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Per the sign at the site the original 'Willamette Stone' was vandalized in the 1980s and in it's place was put this stainless steel cap and bronze landmark
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Bottom Left of Sign telling that the original benchmark has been gone since 1980s
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Steel Cap
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Full Sign
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| 6/27/2004 |
TeamIt'sAllGood! (TIAG!) marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Very cool indeed! Found while caching. Unfortunately the original was destroyed. [This entry was edited by TeamIt'sAllGood! (TIAG!) on Friday, July 09, 2004 at 2:53:54 AM.]
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| 6/27/2004 |
Moun10Bike marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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N 45° 31.173 W 122° 44.629
The described benchmark was apparently vandalized in the 1980s and replaced with a marker by the Parks Dept. What a significant historical location! Reception was marginal under the trees, so my coordinates are not of especially high accuracy.[This entry was edited by Moun10Bike on Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 1:26:23 PM.]
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A closeup of the benchmark disk
The benchmark with my GPSr
Willamette Stone plaque
Willamette Stone sign
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| 6/27/2004 |
The Wet Coast Explorers found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Couldn't help but find this one while searching for a nearby cache on the Portland Cache Machine.
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Willamette Meridian Benchmark with GPSr
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| 6/27/2004 |
Riddlers found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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This is the center of all the areas we have searched so far and was really impressive to see. While on the Portland cache machine search we found this one.
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| 6/27/2004 |
Stump found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this while looking for the nearby cache. Very cool spot. I knew the spot was somewhere near Portland but had no idea where. Now I know!
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The stone
Benchmark with YeOleImposters shadow and someone's shoes.
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| 4/2/2004 |
Praxus found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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This was a cool location. I liked the information located at this site.
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| 4/2/2004 |
Woodworker found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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My first benchmark.
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| 2/21/2004 |
sirwin63 found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Came down from Gig Harbor, WA to see this benchmark as part of a research paper I'm writing on it. Also grabbed the X Marks the Spot geocache while I was there.
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| 2/15/2004 |
snowmann found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this one today while doing the " X Marks the spot Again 11.
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| 1/22/2004 |
Joliet Jake found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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1/22/04 Didn't log this when I found the cache. Wasn't up on logging benchmarks. Now I am.
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| 12/21/2003 |
PL8S4JON found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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WOW!!! What a great benchmark. So significant that it has its own park named after it. This is one of the greatest benchmarks of the west. Please come see it. Very nice dedication around it. Quite a monument. Don't forget to see the cache nearby. -Jon
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| 9/5/2003 |
Suziq found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this along with the Geocache
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| 5/12/2003 |
jeeplife found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Was the geocache hear and learned some great history as well.
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| 4/12/2003 |
rawieland found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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It's curious how many other reasons bring one to this benchmark. One could get the world's largest splitting headache just figuring out clues from other caches that end up in this area. So, I decided to log the benchmark while I also logged a cache. (Should I have encrypted this?)
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The benchmark
The Willamette Stone
Benchmark with GPS
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| 3/7/2003 |
Danman marked RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) as destroyed |
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Found the disk one while looking for the area cache but apparently the original is no longer there. [This entry was edited by Danman on Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 2:37:45 PM.]
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| 2/9/2003 |
Wampus & Wapiti found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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N 45° 31.174 W 122° 44.634
Decided to make the corner stone of the whole area my first benchmark found. One of many I have been to before.
Wampus & Son
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| 1/19/2003 |
bsnee found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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New to this game, so we thought we would start at the beginning (plus this is close to Grandma's house). Been curious to visit the stone for a number of years anyways. Logged in the cache nearby as well.
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| 12/28/2002 |
dj & son found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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A benchmark with history, I like!
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Willamette Stone
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| 11/30/2002 |
MedicOne found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Hey, this one was easy. It was the coordinates for a cache located nearby. Thought I might as well get credit for the benchmark too! MedicOne
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| 11/21/2002 |
bazzle found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Log this one while picking up a nearby cache... This is my first disk, so I thought should start at the beginning  [last edit: 11/21/2002 6:16:00 PM PST]
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Willamette Stone
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| 10/27/2002 |
skramblr found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found while geocaching. I always knew oregon revolves around Portland. This benchmark is proof.
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| 9/28/2002 |
BigRedBee found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found during the hunt of my 50th geocache!
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Meridian Benchmark
The root cause+
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| 9/14/2002 |
quayside found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Wow...the center of the universe for us Northwesterners
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| 8/6/2002 |
Teebs found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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N 45° 31.172 W 122° 44.630
I failed to find the X Marks the Spot Again Cache today, but at least I got to pick up this nifty benchmark! It was interesting to read about, and it's my first benchmark log.
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| 8/3/2002 |
h2odog found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Visited this benchmark while searching for the x marks the spot again cache, so I figured we'd better log it as find. Can't believe how much of my professional life is centered around this particular point!
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Willamette Meridian Benchmark
THE starting point for all land surveys in Oregon!
Willamette Stone
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| 7/26/2002 |
PDXJim found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this thanks to the nearby geocache. It is one of the most interesting places I've discovered while geocaching.
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| 7/20/2002 |
John & Lynn found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found while working the 'X Marks The Spot Again' Geocache.
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| 7/15/2002 |
Grandpa Rocks & Grouchy Gramma found rd3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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With Grouchy Gramma found this on the hunt X Marks the Spot. Interesting history for this one.
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| 5/15/2002 |
fractal posted a note for RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Possibly the most important benchmark in our area!
I think Maps-R-Us should be the first to log this one as a find -fractal
[last edit: 5/15/2002 12:17:31 PM PST]
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| 1/21/2002 |
patw found RD3152 (NGS Benchmark) |
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Found this about a year ago as part of the great Carto Cache -Oregon History Lesson #5 by the Maps-R-Us Team. A wonderful introduction to the historical aspects of bench marking. This is a truly moving experience to stand at the intersection of the base line and ist meridian for all of Washington and Oregon. Thanks to the team for an inspiration. . . . patrick & shirley
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RD3152 Willamette Stone
The 1851 initial point for all of Oregon and Washington. Magnificent!
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