ALFRED
Dickinson County
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - ALFRED
PID - RK0557
STATE/COUNTY- MI/DICKINSON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ALFRED (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (DAJ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALPH, 3-1/2 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF NORTHLAND AND AT THE SITE OF THE ALFRED LOOKOUT
TOWER. IT IS 44 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHWEST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT
TOWER. THE MARK IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE AND THE DISK IS STAMPED
ALFRED 1954.
REFERENCE MARK NO 1 IS SET IN THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE ALFRED
LOOKOUT TOWER. THE MARK PROJECTS 5 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED
ALFRED NO 1 1954.
TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF RALPH, GO NORTH
FOR 0.25 MILE TO A CROSSROADS, TURN RIGHT (EAST) ON A BLACK TOP AND
GRAVEL ROAD FOR 6.75 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT
(SOUTHEAST) FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT. HERE
CONTINUE SOUTHEAST FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE ALFRED LOOKOUT TOWER AND
THE STATION SITE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.