DC Bounday Stones

I can't go to one of my daughters softball games without thinking how much straighter that foul line would be if a surveyor had chalked it!

I just got back from Walt Disney World. I spent most of the time looking for Hidden Mickey's and also Mickey Mouse survey markers. Finally found one, but my camera was gone and the phone was dead. Such the luck. Oh well... always looking for markers though!

Click for info on DC boundary stones.

The website has them all, what to look for and where they are, etc. I saw one in Alexandria, pretty cool. DC doesn't go into Virginia anymore but a lot of the stones are there.

I also highly recommend going down to Gunston Hall, George Mason's estate.

> My wife just shakes her head when we are walking around a new area. She's taking in the sights. I've got my head down looking for boundary marks in the sidewalks and seeing how they fit occupation. Do any of us completely forget about surveying when on vacation?!
i look for markers, too.

benjamin banneker's home, and his museum (Oella, MD) are walking distance from the hacienda. they would be good stops, too.

Thanks for the link. I saw the episode of How the States Got Their Shapes on DC. He visited the monument at Jones Point Lighthouse. Very cool.

I think it's going to take multiple vacations too see everything I want to on the east coast.
Hmmmm....only about 25 years (hopefully) until retirement....

I wonder if that's what started me on track to become a surveyor? I've chalked many a ball diamond in my high school years. The park department I worked for actually had a couple chaining pins. (I didn't know what they were at the time) We'd set one at the point of home plate and the other went into a pipe in the ground near the foul pole. Walking the string was easy as long as the infield wasn't muddy.