My wife and I recently returned from a trip to Israel. I found that I even observed Jerusalem like a surveyor.
We were walking through the Jewish quarter in the city when I saw two of these survey control markers in the joints between the stone pavers. They were only about 6 feet apart but there would have been detail that could not have been seen without the second control point because of a wall.
In English.
Two coolest ones i've ever stumbled across were (in no order): atop Mt. Lincoln (around 14,300') just west of Alma, CO when I up there doing a training run for the pikes peak marathon one time and on a seawall in Puntarenas, Costa Rica while roaming around, knocking back a Pilsen and waiting for the ferry to show up to take us over to Nicoya.
I snapped this township corner at a lookout point in Bryce National Park when we were there in May. I have to wonder whether the surveyor really measured to there or whether he just said that was close enough and he wasn't going to the bottom to set one.
Apparently I missed a bench mark a few feet away. We were on a group tour so I didn't plan ahead for any bench mark hunting and only found one NGS-loggable bench mark plus two other survey marks.
This one was in Grand Canyon National Park, at the village near where you can change between the eastern and western shuttle loops. It would appear to be a multi-agency cooperative effort. I'd never seen anything quite like it.
I guess part of what got my eyes looking for marks was that when we first got into Jerusalem, we went to an area that had some walk up food shops to get lunch and as I was walking back to our tour bus, I saw a Mag Nail in the pavement. I elected to post the other picture but that perked up my surveyor sense, if I have any...
Bill93, post: 381599, member: 87 wrote: I snapped this township corner at a lookout point in Bryce National Park
Bill - I suppose that'd be by Sunset Point? When I surveyed around Richfield UT in 1983 we'd go to Bryce every now and again. The same viewpoint. Never thought to look for corners at that time, what with being young and my head in the clouds all the time (dad said it was up someplace not as pleasant as clouds).
When I was there the corner was a year younger than I am now. Doubt I'll look as shiny at 91....
That's the place. From there, you see some of the brightest colors and strangest formations of anyplace on our trip.
I was surprised how cold it was in May. I had t-shirt, shirt, hooded sweatshirt, and spring jacket on and that was almost enough. At Grand Canyon I hadn't used the jacket and took off the sweatshirt when hiking. Bryce is somewhat higher but not a huge amount.