Ebright Azimuth

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Delaware High Point Sign

Geodetic Survey Marker

Marker Reads:
U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY REFERENCE MARK
FOR INFORMATION WRITE TO THE DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, D.C.
$250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK
EBRIGHT
AZIMUTH
1933

Southbound View of the Peak from the State Line

The Ebright Azimuth is the point with the highest benchmark monument elevation in the American state of Delaware. It is marked with a geodetic benchmark monument and has an elevation of 447.85 feet above sea level. The only state high-point with a lower elevation is Britton Hill in the state Florida at 345 feet above sea level.

The Ebright Azimuth is located about 6.5 miles north of downtown Wilmington, Delaware, in far northern New Castle County, within a few feet of the Pennsylvania state line. It is near Concord High School, to the north of Naaman's Road, State Route 92, at the middle of the intersection of Ebright Road and Ramblewood Drive. This is an entrance to the Dartmouth Woods development.

Surveying by NGS and DGS personnel indicates that the mobile home park just west of Ebright Road is at least two feet higher than the benchmark.[1] The land under the mobile home park is not "natural elevation" since it is a man-made plateau that was constructed to prevent flooding in the area.^{[citation needed]} Man-made elevations do not change a state's "high point" location.^{[citation needed]}

Contrary to what many people believe upon first impression, "Ebright Azimuth" is not a person's first and last name. Ebright is the name of the road where the monument is located and also the last name of a local family. However, the term Azimuth refers to the horizontal component of a direction.

Delaware High Point Sign

Road around the sign with radio tower to the right

List of U.S. states by elevation

Delaware State Historical Markers Links to all official markers categorized by county.
The Highest Point in Delaware, By William S. Schenck

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