Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (LWS) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 224 AND 0.25 MILE WEST OF SOUTH MAIN STREET IN THE SOUTH END OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SANTA MARIA WELFARE CAMP. IT IS ABOUT 0.15 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE CAMP ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 23 FEET NORTHWEST OF WATER OUTLET, 45 FEET EAST OF POWER LINE POLE AND 45 FEET WEST OF TRIANGULAR BLAZED 10 INCH WILD CHERRY TREE IN A SMALL CLEARING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HILL. THE MARK PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THE DISK STAMPED MUD 1951. REFERENCE MARK NO 1 IS 18 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A TRIPLE TRUNKED APPLE TREE AND 31 FEET SOUTH OF TRIANGULAR BLAZED 10 INCH WILD CHERRY TREE. THE MARK PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THE DISK STAMPED MUD NO 1 1951. REFERENCE MARK NO 2 IS SET ON THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE HILL 8 FEET NORTH OF FENCE LINE AND 4 FEET WEST OF AN OLD CONCRETE WELL. THE MARK PROJECTS ABOUT 4 INCHES AND THE DISK STAMPED MUD NO 2 1951. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 224 AND SOUTH MAIN STREET IN THE SOUTH EDGE OF AKRON, GO SOUTH ON SOUTH MAIN STREET FOR 3.55 MILES TO JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY NO. 619, CONTINUE SOUTH ON SOUTH MAIN STREET FOR 0.6 MILE TO ENTRANCE TO K.C. WELFARE CAMP ON THE RIGHT, TURN RIGHT INTO DRIVEWAY AND GO WEST ON GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO STATUE OF SANTA MARIA ON THE NORTH SIDE, TURN LEFT ON DIM ROAD AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.1 MILE TO TOP OF HILL AND STATION AS DESCRIBED. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS. RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1957 AREA HAS BEEN BULLDOZED AND MONUMENT HAS BEEN DISTRUBED AND LAYING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.