BURLINGTON
Arkansas - Boone County
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BURLINGTON LOOKOUT TOWER 3
PID - GF0798
STATE/COUNTY- AR/BOONE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - OMAHA (1967)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (BRB)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
LOCATED ABOUT 3-3/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA, IN THE SOUTHWEST
1/4 OF SECTION 32, T 21 N, R 21 W. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL
STRUCTURE WITH A GREY METAL OBSERVATION ROOM AT ITS TOP.
THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 110 FEET. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION
WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION BURLINGTON THE DISTANCE
BEING 103.69 FEET AND 31.601 METERS.
TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN OMAHA, GO SOUTHWESTERLY ON U.S.
HIGHWAY 65 FOR 4.1 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO
NORTH ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.05 MILES TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON
THE LEFT.