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(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	---	N33 48.695	W117 55.262	Patty, Lloyd
DL-2	Main Street (south end)	---	N33 48.631	W117 55.138	Meg, Lloyd
DL-3	Main Street (north end)	---	N33 48.714	W117 55.139	Lloyd
DL-4*	Haunted Mansion	---	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	---	N33 48.763	W117 55.050	Larry
DL-8	Autopia smoking area	---	N33 48.803	W117 55.042	Lloyd, Tony, Larry
DL-9	SW of Matterhorn	---	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	---	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

Pirates survey mark location

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

Flagpole mark location

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

Statue mark location

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

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

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

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

Looking toward Club Buzz

Looking toward monorail

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

Looking toward the Autopia.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

Looking toward a smoking bench.

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

Looking toward a stone bench.

Looking toward Ariel's grotto.

Looking toward the plaza.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

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

Mark near Matterhorn

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

Wider location shot.

Looking toward the Alice in Wonderland ride.

Looking toward Le Petit Chalet.

Looking toward the Matterhorn.

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.

Location of mark

Another location photo

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

Carrousel mark location

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

Fantasy Faire mark location

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

Small World mark location

Another angle on the location

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

Petit Chalet mark location

Another angle on the location

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

Alice mark location

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