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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
wrote:
>
> nice going mike
> very fresh report & good to hear from you
> our first nj tricounty point too
>
> er
> is that 1 down & 21 to go
****** Actually, have done two other south Jersey tri-county points
in recent weeks, but both are at road junctions with no markings other
than municipality "welcome to..." signs and pavement changes. At some
point, I'll report those and other trivial points just for the record.
Mike ************
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, spookymike@a...
> wrote:
> > I was in the field Saturday, 2/26, to visit the
> Atlantic-Burlington-Camden
> > County, NJ, trifinium (ABC). This is one of the very few NJ
> tri-county points
> > shown on topo maps as being marked. URL:
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.7297&lon=-74.7367&
> size=m
> >
> > The problem with visiting ABC is the swampy terrain. I had
> unsuccessfully
> > attempted it directly from US 206 at the Atlantic-Burlington line
> a couple of
> > years ago, but without wading boots, that approach is a
> nightmare. This time I
> > parked off US 206 about 0.6 miles north of the AB line, where a
> long-abandoned
> > railroad track crosses the highway. Hike the dirt road
> southwest along the
> > overgrown track to a large clearing on the left (south) side.
> GPS places this
> > clearing about 300 feet before the unmarked BC line. You are
> now prety much
> > due north of the trifinium. Use the clearing to gain some
> distance, then
> > either follow your GPS or compass toward the trifinium. I had
> to cross three
> > brooks along the way, but kept my feet fairly dry by stepping on
> clumps of
> > vegetation to get across. The rest of the area was very
> overgrown, but passable and
> > fairly dry. When GPS put me about 90 feet from the marker, I
> noticed a fairly
> > substantial clearing, and at the edge of same there was the
> marker. It is a
> > brass disk, set in a six inch diameter, circular concrete base
> about six inches
> > high. The disk is labeled "county line" and shows the three
> county lines
> > with the county names in the appropriate places. It's dated
> 1937, with spaces
> > for elevation and marker number that are blank. I did not see a
> speck of
> > litter, and would have to think this marker gets very little
> visitation.
> >
> > Finding this marker with only a compass and no GPS would be
> a daunting
> > challenge. In summer this area is a sea of ticks and other
> nasty critters, and the
> > underbrush would be brutal.
> >
> > Mike Schwartz