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


Update April 27, 2013: Between the Alice in Wonderland ride and the Matterhorn, Albert found a survey nail that I've designated as DL-16.


ID Location Markings
Latitude Longitude Reports/
Photos by
DL-1 Between Pirates and river
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N33 48.695
W117 55.262
Patty, Lloyd
DL-2 Main Street (south end)
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N33 48.631
W117 55.138
Meg, Lloyd
DL-3 Main Street (north end)
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N33 48.714
W117 55.139
Lloyd
DL-4* Haunted Mansion
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N33 48.702
W117 55.309
Larry, Julie
DL-5* Matterhorn
JT 1761
N33 48.815
W117 55.053
Larry, Julie
DL-6* Submarine Lagoon
JT 1760
N33 48.791
W117 55.045
Larry, Julie
DL-7 Tomorrowland monorail
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N33 48.763
W117 55.050
Larry
DL-8 Autopia smoking area
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N33 48.803
W117 55.042
Lloyd, Tony, Larry
DL-9 SW of Matterhorn
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N33 48.763
W117 55.100
Larry, Christopher
DL-10 Storybook Land
JRL
N33 48.819
W117 55.088
Larry
DL-11 Casey Jr. Circus Train
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N33 48.823
W117 55.159
Lloyd, Chris, Larry
DL-12 King Arthur Carrousel
SBG SDG
N33 48.810
W117 55.134
Meg, Lloyd, Larry
DL-13 Fantasy Faire Gifts
TCG LS7348
N33 48.858
W117 55.092
Lloyd, Larry
DL-14 It's a Small World
TCG LS7348
N33 48.858
W117 55.077
Lloyd, Larry
DL-15 Le Petit Chalet
TCG LS7348
N33 48.829
W117 55.076
Lloyd, Larry
DL-16 Alice
TCG LS7348
N33 48.795
W117 55.093
Albert, Larry

* Mark has been destroyed


DL-1 Pirates
I found one survey mark in Disneyland during my brief visit there in January, 2004. It's in the bricks between Rivers of America and the entrance queue for Pirates of the Caribbean. Link to waymark.

Pirates survey mark

Copyright 2004 Patricia F. Winter.
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Pirates survey mark location

Copyright 2004 Patricia F. Winter.
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DL-2 Main Street South
Meg and Lloyd found a couple of survey monument covers. This one, from Meg, is at the south end of Main Street near the flagpole. The cover is about 10" in diameter. Link to waymark.

Flagpole survey mark

Copyright 2004 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.

Flagpole mark location

Copyright 2004 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.


DL-3 Main Street North
Lloyd spotted this monument cover at the north end of Main Street, not far from the Walt and Mickey statue. Link to waymark.

Statue survey mark

Copyright 2004 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.

Statue mark location

Copyright 2004 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.


DL-4 Haunted Mansion
Larry and Julie found this mark near the Haunted Mansion in 2003. As you can see, it was partly painted over even then. It was destroyed during subsequent repaving.

Mark near Haunted Mansion

Copyright 2003 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-5 Matterhorn
This one has also been destroyed. When Larry photographed it in 2003, it was near the southern end of what's now a smoking area. It was engraved JT 1761.

Mark near Matterhorn

Copyright 2003 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-6 Submarine Lagoon
This one was not far from the Matterhorn mark, near the old Submarine Ride lagoon. It had the notation JT 1760. It's another one that got paved over. Or possibly removed by Disney before the area was repaved. In any event, it's gone.

Mark near sub lagoon

Copyright 2003 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-7 Tomorrowland Monorail
In August, 2005, Larry was strolling near the entrance to the Tomorrowland monorail station when he discovered this mark. Since he's been looking for these things for quite some time now and never spotted this one, I suspect that it was installed during the recent Matterhorn refurbishment. (Notice also that it's the newer "Disneyland Resort" style that was first used when DCA was built.) Link to waymark.

Update: When the submarine ride reopened at Disneyland in 2007, this benchmark ended up right where the new queue runs. Larry says it's about a lane into the queue, so it's often hidden under guests' feet. So it may be a little hard to find, but it's still there. The good news is that it's getting really well polished by everyone's shoes rubbing it! :-)


Mark near monorail station

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward Club Buzz

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
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Looking toward monorail

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-8 Autopia Smoking Area
August, 2005 was lucky for other folks, too. Independently, Tony and Lloyd found this mark in the smoking area near the Autopia and the Matterhorn. Its location is between the now-defunct DL-5 and DL-6. Because it's the newer style marker also used at DCA, Lloyd speculates that it, like DL-7, was installed when this area was closed off for the Matterhorn refurbishment. Larry later took a few more photos of it. Link to waymark.

Mark near Autopia/Matterhorn

Copyright 2005 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the Autopia.

Copyright 2005 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward a smoking bench.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-9 Southwest of Matterhorn
Larry found this one by deduction! He was standing at DL-7 and realized that in order for a surveyor there to see DL-3 in the central plaza, there would have to be another mark southwest of the Matterhorn. So he patiently (more or less) waited for the evening parade to finish, then went to the designated location, and there it was! Excellent work, Sherlock! Er, I mean Larry.... Link to waymark.


Mark southwest of the Matterhorn

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward a stone bench.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward Ariel's grotto.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the plaza.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

Copyright 2005 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Update: In late 2010, Chris Gomez sent me some photos of this mark that displayed some new stamping. It seems that a land surveyor came by and added his license number to it.


Restamped mark

Copyright 2010 Christopher Gomez.
All rights reserved.

Mark near Matterhorn

Copyright 2010 Christopher Gomez.
All rights reserved.


DL-10 Storybook Land
Larry spotted this new one in September 2009. He had stopped briefly outside the Storybook Land Canal Boats when he glanced down and--voila! Link to waymark.

Update: In early 2019, I was contacted by the surveyor who placed this mark. He told me that the intials belong to his child. What a great dad to create a memory for his kid in Disneyland!

Mark near Storybook Land

Copyright 2009 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Wider location shot.

Copyright 2009 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the Alice in Wonderland ride.

Copyright 2009 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward Le Petit Chalet.

Copyright 2009 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

Copyright 2009 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-11 Casey Jr.
Lloyd and his family were visiting Disneyland in March, 2011 when he spotted this mark along the exit path for the Casey Jr. Circus Train. Just a couple of days later, Chris Heim submitted a waymark for it. So congrats to both of them for finding this one, and to Larry for some photos. Link to waymark.

Mark near Casey Jr.

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Location of mark

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Another location photo

Copyright 2011 Chris Heim.
All rights reserved.


DL-12 King Arthur Carrousel
Meg and Lloyd have been spending a lot of time around the kiddy rids at Disneyland along with benchmark-hunter-in-training Benjamin. In July 2011, Meg found this survey mark near King Arthur Carrousel. Link to waymark.

Update: The same surveyor who contacted me about DL-10 told me that this mark bears the initials of the children of another surveyor. How fun!

Mark near King Arthur Carrousel

Copyright 2011 Lloyd Lee-Lim.
All rights reserved.

Carrousel mark location

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Carrousel mark location

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-13 Fantasy Faire Gifts
Larry and Lloyd found this small survey mark during Lloyd and Meg's July 2011 trip. It's different from any we've seen at Disneyland before, but it has the stamping of a licensed surveyor so it's clearly a genuine survey mark. "TCG" is The Culver Group, a surveying company in Southern California. In the photo with Lloyd, you can get an idea of the mark's size; it's between the toes of his shoes.

Mark near Fantasy Faire Gifts

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Fantasy Faire mark location

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Fantasy Faire mark location

Copyright 2011 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-14 It's a Small World
I don't know how long this small TCG mark has been here, but Lloyd spotted it during his family's trip to Disneyland in June, 2012.

Mark near Small World

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Small World mark location

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Another angle on the location

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-15 Le Petit Chalet
Another small one found by Lloyd in June, 2012, this one near a Swiss-themed gift kiosk below the Matterhorn.

Mark near Le Petit Chalet

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Petit Chalet mark location

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.

Another angle on the location

Copyright 2012 Larry Klementowski.
All rights reserved.


DL-16 Alice
Albert found another TCG survey nail in January 2013. It's between the Alice in Wonderland ride and the Matterhorn.

Mark near Alice

Copyright 2013 Albert Margolis.
All rights reserved.

Alice mark location

Copyright 2013 Albert Margolis.
All rights reserved.


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