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Mt. Diablo Summit Marker [ Sizes: Orig | Large | Med | Small | Thumb ]
Mt. Diablo Summit Marker
This is the closest thing I could find to a benchmark on the summit of Mount Diablo. It is located in the Observation tower at the Visitor Center on the summit.


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Gary SchenkInitial Point

Voted 10/10

Not a benchmark! Rather that is the Mt. Diablo Initial Point that controls all land surveys in Northern California and most of Nevada.
Posted Apr 3, 2008 11:00 am

JasonHRe: Initial Point

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Thank you Gary. I'll correct it right away.It was the closest thing I could find to a benchmark on the summit..
Posted Apr 5, 2008 12:27 pm

Gary SchenkRe: Initial Point

Voted 10/10

Jason, my apologies! Never trust an anonymous Internet blowhard! (that's me) Your very nice photo is not the initial point. This is:
http://www.norcal-acsm.org/images/mdip34a.jpg
Please forgive me for being so pompous.
Posted Apr 8, 2008 9:51 am

JasonHRe: Initial Point

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Maybe I should call it "Big brass tourist attracting benchmark type thing". :)
Posted Apr 12, 2008 11:46 am

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