TALL PEAK
Arkansas - Polk County - Ouachita National Forest
1938: A 12 x 12 frame lookout cabin was built atop a rock first floor by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
October 20, 1993: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
DESIGNATION - TALL PK RESET
PID - EK0856
STATE/COUNTY- AR/POLK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - NICHOLS MOUNTAIN (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (LFS)
THE STATION WAS VISITED 10-29-66 TO REESTABLISH THE STATION
SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE MARKS, AFTER THE TOP OF THE HILL HAD
BEEN LEVELED FOR ARMY INSTALLATIONS. THE REFERENCE MARK NO. 3
AND REFERENCE POINTS 1, 2 AND 3 ESTABLISHED 5/3/66 WERE FOUND
IN GOOD CONDITION AND A NEW STATION MARK WAS ESTABLISHED FROM
THE MEASUREMENTS AND THE ANGLES TO THESE POINTS. A NEW
DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS--
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF UMPIRE, AND
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS ON STATE LAND ON THE TOP OF A
TALL PEAK LOCALLY KNOWN AS TALL PEAK, AND AT THE SITE OF THE
TALL PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS NEAR THE CENTER OF A CLEARED
LEVELED AREA EAST OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 112 FEET SOUTH OF THE
CENTER OF THE ROAD LEADING TO THE STATION WHERE THE ROAD
CIRCLES THE TOP OF THE HILL, 97 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER
OF THE ROAD, 79 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, 53
FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STEPS OF
THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 42.5 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS A STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK,
STAMPED TALL PEAK 1957 1966, FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ATHENS GO NORTH
AND NORTHWESTERLY ON A GRADED ROAD FOR 2.3 MILES TO A T-ROAD
RIGHT AND SIGN MENA AND BIG FORK. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW
GRADED ROAD FOR 6.2 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD AT THE SUMMIT OF THE
RIDGE AND BENCH MARK Y 133 ON THE RIGHT. TURN LEFT AND GO
WEST UP HILL FOR 2.0 MILES TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THE
TALL PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION.