GIRARD JUNCTION
Wisconsin - Marinette County
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - GIRARD
PID - QM0606
STATE/COUNTY- WI/MARINETTE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LEHMAN LAKE (1972)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (DAJ)
STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SAME PROMINENT HILL AS THE GIRARD
FIRE TOWER, ABOUT 14-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE VILLAGE OF
WAUSAUKEE, AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE VILLAGE OF AMBERG.
STATION IS A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DISK SET IN A 4 X 4 INCH CONCRETE
MONUMENT ABOUT 20 INCHES HIGH. IT IS 31 FEET SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHWEST LEG OF FIRE TOWER, AND 25-1/2 FEET WEST OF THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A SMALL HOUSE. THE DISK IS STAMPED GIRARD
1935.
TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN THE VILLAGE OF ATHELSTANE,
GO WEST AND NORTH ON COUNTY ROUTE A FOR 1.5 MILES TO POINT
WHERE COUNTY ROAD A TURNS RIGHT. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON
SAND ROAD FOR 4.1 MILES TO CROSSROAD JUST AFTER PASSING
SCHOOLHOUSE. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW SAND ROAD NORTHERLY FOR
2.5 MILES TO FORKS. TAKE RIGHT FORK AND FOLLOW MAIN TRAVELED
ROAD NORTHERLY FOR 2.0 MILES TO FORKS. TAKE LEFT FORK AND
FOLLOW SAND ROAD NORTHWESTERLY FOR 0.9 MILE TO SIDE ROAD RIGHT
AT SIGN GIRARD FIRE TOWER. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW SAND ROAD
EAST FOR 0.75 MILE TO FIRE TOWER AND STATION AS DESCRIBED.