MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
ASH RIVER
St Louis County
68N-19W-4
68N-19W-4
1935: An 80-foot steel tower with ladder access was erected.
DESIGNATION - ASH RIVER LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - TB1085
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ST LOUIS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ASH RIVER NE (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (CAS)
LOOKOUT TOWER IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE STRAITS
BETWEEN LAKE KABETOGAMA AND LAKE NAMAKAN AND 1/2 MILE SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF THE RESORT AT THE MOUTH OF ASH RIVER. IT IS A
FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT 80 FEET HIGH WITH CAGE ON
TOP. THE POINT OBSERVED WAS THE APEX AND THE POINT MEASURED WAS
THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE FOUR LEGS.
TO REACH FROM THE LAKE VIEW TAVERN IN ASH LAKE, GO NORTH ON
U.S. HIGHWAY 53 FOR 12.4 MILES, OR FOR 3.3 MILES AFTER PASSING
HOFFMANS CORNER STORE ON LEFT, TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AND SEVERAL
RESORT SIGNS IN NORTHEAST CORNER OF INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT
AND GO 10.65 MILES, OR 1.2 MILES AFTER PASSING RANGER STATION
ON LEFT, TO THE END OF ROAD. HERE TAKE BOAT ACROSS ASH RIVER
AND WALK UP HILL, SOUTH SOUTHEAST ALONG TELEPHONE LINE FOR
ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO TOP OF HILL AND LOOKOUT TOWER.