MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BOULDER HILL
Cass County
Chippewa National Forest, Bena District
145N-28W-28
Chippewa National Forest, Bena District
145N-28W-28
DESIGNATION - BOULDER HILL LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - SK0758
STATE/COUNTY- MN/CASS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BENA (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JVC)
THE STATION WAS LISTED FIRE TOWER NO. 3 BUT WAS NOT DESCRIBED.
A DESCRIPTION AND TO REACH FOLLOWS--
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER LOCATED
ABOUT 1-3/4 MILES WEST OF BENA AND ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF U.S.
HIGHWAY 2. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH AN
OBSERVATION ROOM AT THE TOP. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 110 FEET.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD STATION
IN BENA, GO EAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 2 FOR 1.25 MILES TO A SIDE
ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO 0.05 MILE TO A FORK JUST AFTER
CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO WESTERLY ON
A GRADED ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND
GO SOUTHERLY ON THE GRADED ROAD FOR 0.35 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE
THE LEFT FORK AND GO 0.05 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.