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(Text file of waypoints for all the Disneyland Resort benchmarks)

The first five DCA benchmarks I'm going to mention are part of a virtual geocache called "DCA Benchmarks #1." Because I don't want to give away the solution to the cache, I'm not posting any photos of the marks or their locations here. However, I have received permission from the cache owner (Larry Klementowski) to post their coordinates, which are:

DCA-1: N33 48.373, W117 55.256
DCA-2: N33 48.455, W117 55.096
DCA-3: N33 48.507, W117 55.138
DCA-4: N33 48.404, W117 55.256
DCA-15: N33 48.344, W117 55.381

Yes, the final one is now DCA-15. DCA-5 was lost to reconstruction in the Paradise Pier area, so Larry had to move another DCA benchmark into his virtual list. That has caused two changes on this page: (1) I am now revealing the location of DCA-5, complete with scenic photos; and (2) I have removed the photos of DCA-15.

Have fun looking for the marks in Larry's virtual! Now on to the others...

ID	Location	Engraved Number(s)	Latitude	Longitude	Reports/ Photos by
DCA-5	King Triton's Carousel	---	N33 48.279	W117 55.283	Larry, Patty
DCA-6	Golden Gate Bridge	---	N33 48.495	W117 55.134	Matt, Larry, Lloyd
DCA-7	Sunshine Plaza	---	N33 48.457	W117 55.149	Meg, Lloyd
DCA-8	Playhouse Disney	---	N33 48.443	W117 55.119	Lloyd
DCA-9	Disney Animation	---	N33 48.457	W117 55.030	Lloyd
DCA-10	Condor Flats	---	N33 48.491	W117 55.233	Lloyd
DCA-11	Grand Californian entrance	---	N33 48.475	W117 55.261	Lloyd
DCA-12	Rushin' River Outfitters	---	N33 48.439	W117 55.264	Meg
DCA-13	Redwood Creek Challenge Trail	---	N33 48.412	W117 55.280	Patty, Lloyd
DCA-14	Golden State Amphitheater	---	N33 48.345	W117 55.277	Lloyd
DCA-16	Boudin Bakery	---	N33 48.370	W117 55.182	Lloyd

DCA-5

This mark was destroyed during construction in late 2007. It used to be one of five disks in Larry Klementowski's virtual geocache of DCA benchmarks. Now that its location is no longer a secret, I've posted some photos of it.

King Triton's Carousel mark

Carousel mark location

DCA-6

Geocacher "Teacher Matt" found this one while doing the DCA Benchmarks virtual geocache. He reported it to Larry, who verified its existence. Lloyd then looked for it and got some photos for me. It's on the eastern footing of the Golden Gate Bridge, just inside the main entrance of DCA. Link to waymark.

(I got to wondering whether there are benchmarks on the piers of the real Golden Gate Bridge. It turns out that the bridge's towers are themselves marks, and there are some others in the vicinity. However, I think some are accessible only by water, and others may be in areas that would attract the attention of the Department of Homeland Security...There are some easy-to-get-to ones at the Presidio, though. Click here for a photo of one of them with the bridge in the background.)

Golden Gate Bridge mark

Golden Gate Bridge mark location

DCA-7

Meg found this marker in Sunshine Plaza. The first photo is looking toward the sun fountain, and the second toward Condor Flats. Link to waymark.

Sunshine Plaza survey mark

Sunshine Plaza mark location

DCA-8

Another find by Lloyd, this one on the right side of the Playhouse Disney queue, toward the sun fountain. Link to waymark.

Playhouse Disney survey mark

Playhouse Disney mark location

DCA-9

Lloyd reports that this one is in the curb at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Hollywood Blvd., next to the Disney Animation building. Note the similarity in location to MGM-2, which is on Hollywood Blvd. near Sunset Blvd. at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida. Link to waymark.

Disney Animation survey mark

Disney Animation mark location

DCA-10

I don't know how I missed this one during my January, 2004 visit, because it's nicely set off by the yellow line on the Condor Flats tarmac, but thanks to Lloyd for finding it. It's in front of the Condor Flats AirTours plane. Link to waymark.

Condor Flats survey mark

Condor Flats mark location

DCA-11

Lloyd found this mark in 2004 near the entrance to the Grand Californian Hotel. Unbeknownst to us at that time, Larry and his wife Julie had found it in 2003, in an amusing way. Julie had been walking around DCA looking for benchmarks, and she sat down for a break on the railing near the walkway to the hotel. She glanced down, and there was a disk right in front of her! She later met up with Larry and excitedly "dragged" him over to see it. Of course, he didn't need much convincing to see a new benchmark!

Note that the disk got stamped with the same leaf impressions as the surrounding walkway. (Yes, at the Disney properties, even the pavement is themed in places! There's a twigs-and-leaves pattern near Expedition Everest, and a pretty giraffe pattern at Animal Kingdom Lodge.) Link to waymark.

Grand Californian entrance mark

Grand Californian entrance mark location

DCA-12

Meg spotted this survey marker in front of Rushin' River Outfitters. Link to waymark.

Outfitters survey mark

Outfitters mark location

DCA-13

In January, 2004, I found a survey mark near the entrance to the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. Later that year, Lloyd replaced my nighttime photos with some much better daytime ones. Link to waymark.

RCCT survey mark

RCCT mark location

DCA-14

That's intrepid survey mark hunter Meg gazing out over Paradise Bay in the wide-angle photo that Lloyd took of a mark at the Golden State Amphitheater. Link to waymark.

Golden State Amphitheater survey mark

Golden State Amphitheater mark location

DCA-15

DCA-15 is now part of the "DCA Benchmarks #1" virtual geocache, so I have removed the photos of it here. Go do the cache!

DCA-16

This one is from Lloyd, and is near the tour entrance of the Boudin Bakery tour. Link to waymark.

Bakery survey mark

Bakery mark location

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