Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) STATION IS ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON, 0.2 MILE WEST OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER, ABOUT 200 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MERRIMAN ROAD AND THE ENTRANCE TO SAND RUN METROPOLITAN PARK AND NEAR THE EAST EDGE OF THE PARK. THE MARK IS 4 FEET SOUTHWEST OF AN 8 INCH OAK TREE, 8 FEET NORTH OF AN 8 INCH ASH TREE AND 121 FEET NORTH OF A PARK SIGN TREATY LINE CAMP. IT IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED HOERBELT SET IN THE TOP OF A 6 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF A 3 FOOT SQUARE OF CONCRETE AND COVERED WITH A 9 INCH IRON COVER. TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH PORTAGE PATH AND MERRIMAN ROAD, GO SOUTHWESTERLY ON MERRIMAN ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE ENTRANCE TO SAND RUN METROPOLITAN PARK ON THE RIGHT AND A LARGE PARK SIGN TREATY LINE CAMP AND THE STATION NORTHWEST OF THE SIGN. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, 0.6 MILE EAST AND SOUTH ALONG MERRIMAN ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH PORTAGE PATH, 200 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE JUNCTION OF MERRIMAN ROAD AND ENTRANCE ROAD TO SAND RUN METROPOLITAN PARK, 138 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF MERRIMAN ROAD,112 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF ROAD LEADING THROUGH PARK, 121 FEET NORTHWEST OF A SIGN TREATY LINE CAMP, 8 1/2 FEET NORTH OF A 10-INCH ASH TREE, 4 FEET SOUTHWEST OF AN 8-INCH OAK TREE WITH SMALL BLAZE, 20 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE PARK ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 4 INCHES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9-INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963.