The Rules:
To complete this challenge you must meet all of the following conditions.
- Find and log 25 benchmarks.
Your qualifiers (in this case, your benchmarks) need to be loggable (and logged) on geocaching.com for them to count. Only Found benchmarks count (not destroyed, looked for it, think it's there, etc.).
You need to personally find it and log it here. No arm-chair benchmarking. No “told my friend where it is and they found it for me” benchmarking. You need to discover it, be there, see it, log it!
Thank you & Happy Benchmarking! Happy Caching! Happy Trails!
Although this is not required, Good bench mark hunters will post the following items in their benchmark logs.
- Coordinates on your GPS, phone, or other device.
- Elevation reading.
- Close-up photo of the disk, rod, or other bench mark type.
- A second photo from a few feet away showing the mark and the general surroundings/location.
Additional Information:
- Any posted "Found It" logs that do not meet the requirements of this challenge will be deleted.
- If you have not met the requirements of this challenge, you may visit this cache, sign the log book and post a note on this page. When you have met the requirements of this challenge, you may then post a "Found It" log without having to revisit the cache.
- FTF Honors go to the first person (or team) to Qualify and Sign; if multiple people signed at the same time and qualify, Co-FTF works.
- Please contact stargazingwoman with any questions.
- Note: The attributes reflect the cache location, not the various benchmark locations.
- Note: The D/T reflects the various distances you may walk/hike/climb and the research you may find yourself doing in order to locate 25 benchmarks. Some are easier to find than others. Please stay safe and legal and honor "no trespassing" and "private property" signs and other laws.
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Using your GPS unit and/or written directions provided by NGS, which are available for review by the public, you can seek out NGS survey markers and other items that have been marked in the USA. There are 736425 total benchmarks in the database.
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Logging Disks and Other Small Markers
If you have a digital camera, we ask that you take a closeup picture of the mark, and another picture from a few feet away, making sure that the mark is in the view. Additional pictures are OK too. Even if you don't have a digital camera, just log your find for others to read.
Triangulation Station Disks
A complete log for a triangulation station includes notes on not only the station itself, but also its reference marks and azimuth mark. If you don't look for them, please note that you didn't look for them. If you find them, include their pictures in your log. Also, include your GPS receiver's averaged coordinates for the azimuth mark.
Location-Scaled Disks
If you find a disk with a scaled location, please include your GPS receiver's averaged coordinates for the disk's location in your log.
I hope you enjoy benchmarking as much as I do!
***** Congratulations to MacFive for FtQaF: First to Qualify and Find! *****
The cache name is based on the amateur radio operator phonetic alphabet, continuing a theme for my caches.
--... ...-- and Happy Caching!
BYOP!