Station: FERRY (stamped FERRY 1959)
PID JS2338

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Latitude   38 40 32.00592N
Longitude   121 37 49.17906W
Northing   -612,057.979
Easting   2,032,167.111
Height in meters:
  Orthometric   12.12
  Ellipsiod   -18.538

The station is located about 8.5 mi northwest of West Sacramento and about 7 mi east of Woodland near the west shore of the Sacramento River.

To reach the station from the intersection of Interstate Highway 5 and County Road E8, Road 102, about 2 mi east of Woodland, go east on Highway 5 for about 5 mi to the Road 22 off-ramp. Take the off-ramp east and then south for about 0.2 mi to a T-intersection, Road 118. Turn left and go east on Road 118 for 0.5 mi to a T-intersection, Old River Road. Turn left and go northwest on Old River Road, passing under Highway 5, for 0.2 mi to a side road right, Road 117. Turn right and go northwesterly on Road 117 for 0.1 mi, crossing a railroad track, to the top of the levee and the station on the right near the north end of a gravel parking area.

The station is a standard U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station disk. It is about 49 m northeast of the railroad tracks, 32.1 m south-southeast of a guyed telephone pole, 16.9 m east of the centerline of Road 117, 16.9 m north of another telephone pole near the center of the gravel parking area, 8.0 m north-northwest of a no trespassing sign, 0.9 m west of a carsonite witness post, level with Road 117 and set about 0.1 m below the surface of the ground.