MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
ALIDA HILL
Clearwater County
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
145N-36W-2
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
145N-36W-2
Tower removed, prior to 1938
DESIGNATION - ALIDA
PID - SK0984
STATE/COUNTY- MN/CLEARWATER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ALIDA (1972)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (CDM)
STATION IS ABOUT 12 MILES SE OF BAGLEY, AND 2 MILES NE OF ALIDA,
IN THE S SIDE CENTER OF SECTION 35, T. 146 N., R. 36 W., AT THE
SITE OF AN OLD FIRE TOWER ON LAND OWNED BY THE STATE.
STATION IS REACHED FROM THE RAILROAD STATION IN SHEVLIN, BY
GOING E ON U.S. ROUTE 2 FOR 0.05 MILE, TURN RIGHT (S) ACROSS
TRACKS AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD E FOR 0.5 MILE, S 1.45 MILES, E 0.55
MILE, S 7.5 MILES. HERE LEAVE MAIN ROAD AND TAKE GRADED ROAD
E FOR 0.45 MILE TO TRAIL ON LEFT, LEADING TO NE, FOLLOW TRAIL
0.25 MILE, TO TOP OF RIDGE. STATION IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF
NE-SW RIDGE, 0.2 MILE DUE N OF ROAD (E-AND-W). MARK PROJECTS
ABOUT 6 INCHES.