BEAVER
Missouri Lookouts - Butler County - Mark Twain National Forest - 25N-4E-23
Removed
DESIGNATION - BEAVER LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GE1069
STATE/COUNTY- MO/BUTLER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - STRINGTOWN (1980)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (VBM)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER. IT IS
A 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH AN ENCLOSED OBSERVATION ROOM
AT THE TOP. IT IS OWNED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. IT IS
PAINTED ALUMINUM AND THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 110 FEET.
LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF, 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELLSINORE, IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 14,
T 25 N, R 4 E, AND ON THE PROPERTY OF CLARK NATIONAL FOREST.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 60 AND 67 ABOUT
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF, GO WESTERLY ON U.S. HIGHWAY
60 FOR 4.95 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT (COUNTY ROAD PP).
TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHERLY ON COUTNY ROAD PP FOR 5.0 MILES TO
A CROSSROAD (COUNTY ROAD TT). TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHWESTERLY
ON COUNTY ROAD TT FOR 2.25 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN
RIGHT AND GO WESTERLY ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.55 MILE TO A SIDE
ROAD RIGHT AND GO NORTHWEST AND WEST ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR
2.65 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO
NORTHWEST AND NORTH ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.7 MILE TO
THE TOWER.