Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN) THERE ARE NO REFERENCE MARKS AT THIS STATION. THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5.25 KM (3.25 MI) WEST-NORTHWEST FROM GREENSBURG, 4 KM (2.5 MI) EAST-NORTHEAST FROM MANCHESTER AND ON THE EAST SHORE OF THE NIMISILA RESERVOIR. OWNERSHIP--OHIO STATE PARK PROPERTY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE AT GREENSBURG, GO NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 241 (MASSILLON ROAD) FOR 4.8 KM (3.0 MI) TO A CROSSROADS. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 619 (TURKEYFOOT ROAD) FOR 5.0 KM (3.1 MI) TO A CROSSROADS. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON SOUTH MAIN STREET FOR 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) TO A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHEAST ON CASTON ROAD FOR 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) TO A FORK. KEEP RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON CHRISTMAN ROAD FOR 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) TO A ROAD RIGHT LEADING TO THE AZIMUTH MARK. CONTINUE SOUTH ON CHRISTMAN ROAD FOR 1.45 KM (0.9 MI) TO A CROSSROADS. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NIMISILA RESERVOIR STATE PARK. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHWEST ON A PAVED PARK ROAD FOR 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) TO A PARKING AREA AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT IN A GRASS COVERED AREA BETWEEN THE PARKING AREA AND THE SHORE LINE. THE STATION IS A STANDARD NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY DISK STAMPED ---NIMISILA 1983--- SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM (12 INCHES) IN DIAMETER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND , 8.5 METERS (28.0 FEET) N FROM THE NORTH EDGE OF THE PARKING AREA, 6.6 METERS (21.5 FEET) S FROM THE LAKES SHORE HIGH WATER LINE, AND 39.8 METERS (130.5 FEET) ENE FROM THE MOST NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE PARKING AREA. THE DISK IS MISSING. AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY DISK STAMPED ---NIMISILA 1983--- SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM (12 INCHES) IN DIAMETER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND LOCATED 6.1 METERS (20.0 FEET) SE FROM THE LAKE SHORE HIGH WATER LINE, 4.7 METERS (15.5 FEET) NW FROM THE CENTER OF THE TRACK ROAD, 57.3 METERS (188.0 FEET) SW FROM THE CENTER OF THE PAVED ROAD, AND 1.2 METERS (3.8 FEET) SSW FROM A CARSONITE WITNESS POST. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO SOUTHEAST ON THE PARK ROAD FOR 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) TO THE CROSSROADS. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON CHRISTMAN ROAD FOR 1.45 KM (0.9 MI) TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A PARKING AREA. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHWEST ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT ON THE NORTH PART OF A NARROW STRIP OF GROUND WHICH LEADS SOUTHWEST TO A GAS WELL.