The name, location, and other info about National Geodetic Survey markers can be found in the NGS Data Explorer.
Survey markers in the Linville Gorge area are included as part of the LGMAPS Google Earth Collection. Each marker has a link to its NGS Data Sheet (example below).
Here’s a Data Sheet example for the Hawksbill marker:
FA3579 *********************************************************************** FA3579 DESIGNATION - HAWKSBILL FA3579 PID - FA3579 FA3579 STATE/COUNTY- NC/BURKE FA3579 COUNTRY - US FA3579 USGS QUAD - LINVILLE FALLS (1994) FA3579 FA3579 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL FA3579 ______________________________________________________________________ FA3579* NAD 83(2001) POSITION- 35 54 48.78586(N) 081 53 10.55595(W) ADJUSTED FA3579* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 1228.0 (meters) 4029. (feet) VERTCON FA3579 ______________________________________________________________________ FA3579 GEOID HEIGHT - -31.50 (meters) GEOID12B FA3579 LAPLACE CORR - -6.98 (seconds) DEFLEC12B FA3579 HORZ ORDER - SECOND FA3579 FA3579.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods FA3579.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 2005. FA3579. FA3579.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to FA3579.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) FA3579 FA3579.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC12B derived deflections. FA3579 FA3579. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(2001) position. FA3579 FA3579; North East Units Scale Factor Converg. FA3579;SPC NC - 243,795.849 349,133.696 MT 0.99993918 -1 39 57.1 FA3579;SPC NC - 799,853.55 1,145,449.47 sFT 0.99993918 -1 39 57.1 FA3579;UTM 17 - 3,974,722.918 420,034.904 MT 0.99967879 -0 31 11.6 FA3579 FA3579! - Elev Factor x Scale Factor = Combined Factor FA3579!SPC NC - 0.99981224 x 0.99993918 = 0.99975143 FA3579!UTM 17 - 0.99981224 x 0.99967879 = 0.99949109 FA3579 FA3579: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az FA3579:SPC NC - TABLEROCK ECC 174 29 39.8 FA3579:UTM 17 - TABLEROCK ECC 173 20 54.3 FA3579 FA3579|---------------------------------------------------------------------| FA3579| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | FA3579| dddmmss.s | FA3579| FA3582 TABLEROCK ECC APPROX. 2.5 KM 1724942.7 | FA3579|---------------------------------------------------------------------| FA3579 FA3579 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL FA3579 FA3579 NAD 83(1995)- 35 54 48.78732(N) 081 53 10.55534(W) AD( ) 2 FA3579 NAD 83(1986)- 35 54 48.79767(N) 081 53 10.56138(W) AD( ) 2 FA3579 NAD 27 - 35 54 48.34548(N) 081 53 11.16351(W) AD( ) 2 FA3579 NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 1228.1 (m) 4029. (f) VERT ANG FA3579 FA3579.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. FA3579 FA3579.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. FA3579.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. FA3579 FA3579_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 17SMV2003474722(NAD 83) FA3579 FA3579_MARKER: DE = TRAVERSE STATION DISK FA3579_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER FA3579_SP_SET: SET IN DRILL HOLE IN A BOULDER FA3579_STAMPING: HAWKSBILL 1975 FA3579_MARK LOGO: NCGS FA3579_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO FA3579+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION FA3579 FA3579 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By FA3579 HISTORY - 1975 MONUMENTED NCGS FA3579 FA3579 STATION DESCRIPTION FA3579 FA3579'DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (JWC) FA3579'HAWKSBILL IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN FA3579'THE VICINITY OF JONAS RIDGE, AND ON TOP OF HAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN, NORTH FA3579'CAROLINA. FA3579' FA3579'HAWKSBILL IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4.1 MILES SOUTH OF JONAS RIDGE, FA3579'AND 16.0 MILES NW OF MORGANTON. TO REACH STATION FROM THE JONAS FA3579'RIDGE POST OFFICE ON NC 181 IN NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY, PROCEED SOUTH FA3579'ALONG NC 181 FOR 2.0 MILES TO INTERSECTION WITH SR 1265, THENCE FA3579'SOUTH ALONG SR 1265 AND NFS ROAD FOR 3.8 MILES TO PULLOUT AREA ON FA3579'LEFT, THENCE EASTERLY UP WELL WORN AND WASHED OUT JEEP TRAIL, THENCE FA3579'THE JEEP TRAIL HEADS NORTHERLY TO GAP OF MOUNTAIN WHERE JEEP TRAIL FA3579'ENDS, FOLLOW WELL MARKED HIKERS TRAIL TO SUMMIT OF HAWKSBILL FA3579'MOUNTAIN AND STATION ON HIGHEST POINT OF MOUNTAIN. FA3579' FA3579'STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED FA3579'HAWKSBILL 1975, SET FLUSH IN DRILL HOLE IN BOULDER. FA3579' FA3579'MARK IS 38.0 FT NW OF 6 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG FA3579' FA3579'42.7 FT N OF 4 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG FA3579' FA3579'45.6 FT NE OF 5 IN BLACK PINE TREE WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG FA3579' FA3579'22.3 FT SSE OF TIP OF 4 FOOT NARROW FLAT ROCK PROJECTING UPWARD 5 FA3579'FEET FROM NORTH EDGE OF CLIFF FA3579' FA3579'NOTE--FROM THE NATIONAL FOREST PULLOUT AREA THE HIKE TO THE SUMMIT OF FA3579'HAWKSBILL MOUNTAIN REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES. *** retrieval complete.