BLUE RIDGE
Howard County - Arkansas Forestry Commission
DESIGNATION - BLUE RIDGE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - EK0865
STATE/COUNTY- AR/HOWARD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - DIERKS DAM (1966)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (VRS)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DIERKS.
IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE HAVING AN OBSERVATION CABIN
ON THE TOP, AND IT IS ABOUT 120 FEET IN HEIGHT. A TRAVERSE
CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION DIERKS TO
THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER, AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND
TO BE 118.95 FEET AND (36.256 METERS).