| DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (JCS)
STATION IS ON THE HIGH ROCKY PEAK ABOUT 1/4 MILE W OF THE CURRY-JOSEPHINE COUNTY LINE, ABOUT 12-1/4 MILES, AIR LINE, NW OF KERBY, 12 MILES W OF SELMA, AND 20 MILES WSW OF WILDERVILLE. PEAK IS CALLED PEARSOLL PEAK, A RED, ROCKY BUTTE, THE HIGHEST IN THE VICINITY, AND IS OCCUPIED BY THE U.S.F.S. PEARSOLL LOOKOUT. THE STATION IS AT A POINT ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE WHERE THE TRAIL REACHES THE TOP. IT IS 17 FEET N OF TRAIL, 13 FEET NW OF A SMALL PINE TREE, 28 FEET NNE OF SCRUB PINE TREE NEAR REFERENCE MARK 2.
STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A ROCK OUTCROPPING SET FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, STAMPED PEARSOLL 1942. NO UNDERGROUND MARK WAS SET.
REFERENCE MARK 1 IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A ROCK OUTCROPPING. IT IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK, STAMPED PEARSOLL NO. 1 1942. IT IS LOCATED 5 FEET N OF TRAIL, 11 FEET W OF A SMALL PINE TREE, AND IS 1-1/2 FEET LOWER THAN THE STATION MARK.
REFERENCE MARK 2 IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN A ROCK OUTCROPPING. IT IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK, STAMPED PEARSOLL NO. 2 1942. IT IS LOCATED IN A LARGE ROCK OUTCROPPING 4 FEET NE OF A SCRUB PINE AND IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE STATION MARK.
AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE, STAMPED PEARSOLL 1942. IT IS LOCATED ABOUT 125 YARDS W OF TRAIL TO PEARSOLL LOOKOUT AT A POINT MARKED BY A SMALL ARROW ON A TREE ON THE TRAIL, APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE, AIR LINE, SE OF THE STATION. ROCK OUTCROP IN WHICH THE MARK IS LOCATED IS ABOUT 10 FEET HIGH, 150 FEET FROM CREST OF RIDGE, AND IS ON THE W SLOPE.
U.S.G.S. B.M. IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE, IS A BRONZE DISK, AND IS STAMPED VABM 5092 DATUM. MARK IS SET IN A ROCK OUTCROPPING 13.6 FEET W OF NW CORNER OF LOOKOUT, 4 FEET W OF FLAGPOLE, AND IS ABOUT 4 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STATION MARK.
REACHED FROM SELMA BY TAKING THE ROAD W AT THE N EDGE OF THE TOWN AT THE SIGN TO BRIGGS CREEK AND GOING 1.4 MILES TO FORKS AND SIGN DEER CREEK FARM. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.6 MILE TO FORKS. THENCE TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO 1.6 MILES TO FORKS AND SIGN SELMA 2, OAK FLAT 16 1/2. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 2.5 MILES TO FORKS. THENCE TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO 3.9 MILES TO THE STORE GULCH GUARD STATION. THENCE 2.1 MILES TO A DOUBLE GARAGE AT THE LEFT OF THE ROAD AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM THIS POINT A TRAIL LEADS TO A FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND TO R.E. MC CALEB RANCH, THE FIRST PLACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRAIL AFTER CROSSING THE FOOT BRIDGE. HORSES CAN BE OBTAINED HERE FOR A GIVEN TIME BY FOREST SERVICE PHONE. DISTANCE FROM THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL TO THE R.E. MC CALEB RANCH IS 1.0 MILE. FROM THE RANCH TAKE TRAIL UP LANE ABOVE THE RANCH HOUSE AND FOLLOW TO FORKS OF TRAIL AT THE TOP OF THE SECOND LOW RIDGE. THENCE TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND FOLLOW THE CHETCO RIVER TRAIL (WELL MARKED), KEEPING TO ALL RIGHT HAND FORKS, TO THE TOP OF THE DIVIDE AND CHETCO PASS. CHETCO PASS IS ALSO ON THE CURRY-JOSEPHINE COUNTY LINE. FOLLOW THE COUNTY-LINE TRAIL AS PER THE SIGN PEARSOLL LOOKOUT 2-1/2 TO THE RIGHT AND GO N FOR 1.0 MILE TO FORKS AND SIGN PEARSOLL LOOKOUT 1 1/2. THENCE TAKE LEFT FORK TO THE LOOKOUT AND STATION.
HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 1.3 METERS. |
| RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (JCS)
ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION IS 185.0 FEET W OF PEARSOLL LOOKOUT, ON THE PEAK OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING ROCK FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.
REFERENCE MARK 1 PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES.
REFERENCE MARK 2 PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES.
AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK FLUSH WITH GROUND, ABOUT 250.0 FEET S OF TRAIL LEADING UP TO STATION.
REACHED FROM SELMA BY TAKING THE ROAD W AT THE N EDGE OF TOWN, SIGN TO BRIGGS CREEK, AND GO 0.25 MILE, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.6 MILE, TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO 1.6 MILES, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 2.2 MILES, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 7.0 MILES TO ILLINOIS RIVER BRIDGE AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. HORSES AND PACK MULE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM R.E. MC CALEB ON W SIDE OF BRIDGE. ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE FOR HORSES BY THE FOREST SERVICE TELEPHONE AT ANY GIVEN DATE. FROM RIVER TAKE TRAIL UP W OF MC CALEB RANCH HOUSE TO A TRAIL AT THE TOP OF THE SECOND RIDGE. TAKE THE LEFT FORK HERE AND FOLLOW TRAIL, KEEPING ALL RIGHT-HAND FORKS, TO THE CURRY-JOSEPHINE COUNTY LINE. TAKE RIGHT TURN AND GO 1.0 MILE TO FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AS PER SIGN PEARSOLL L.O. 1.5 MILES AND FOLLOW TO LOOKOUT AND SIGHT OF STATION. |