EAST END (Beaver)
Baker County - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest - 11S-40E-23
Removed
DESIGNATION - BEAVER 2
PID - QB1252
STATE/COUNTY- OR/BAKER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - DOOLEY MTN (1993)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (DHK)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A BARE, OVAL-SHAPED
MOUNTAIN. IT IS ABOUT 13 MILES AIR LINE SOUTHEAST OF BAKER, 5.6
MILES EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 7 AND THE SUMMIT OF DIXIE MOUNTAIN
PASS, 19 PACES WEST OF THE NORTHWEST LEG OF THE FOREST SERVICE
OBSERVATION TOWER, SET IN A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES
AND IS STAMPED BEAVER NO 2 1946.
REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET LOWER THAN THE
STATION, 3 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST LEG OF THE FOREST
SERVICE OBSERVATION TOWER, SET IN A DEPRESSION IN A BOULDER FLUSH
WITH THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED BEAVER NO 2 NO 1 1946.
REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES LOWER THAN THE
STATION, SET IN A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND IS
STAMPED BEAVER NO 2 NO 2 1946.
AZIMUTH MARK IS 11 PACES WEST OF A TELEPHONE LINE, 18 INCHES
NORTHEAST OF A WHITE POST, SET IN A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS
4 INCHES AND IS STAMPED BEAVER NO 2 1946.
TO REACH FROM BAKER, GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 7 FOR 15.4 MILES
TO SUMMIT OF DIXIE MOUNTAIN PASS AND INTERSECTION OF THREE DIRT
ROADS ON LEFT. TURN LEFT (E) ON CENTER ROAD CROSSING CATTLE GUARD,
AND GO 2.5 MILES TO A ROAD LEFT. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE
MAIN TRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.3 MILES TO A Y INTERSECTION. TAKE LEFT
FORK FOR 0.8 MILE TO SUMMIT OF MOUNTAIN AND STATION AS
DESCRIBED.