MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
ASKOV
Pine County
43N-19W-3
43N-19W-3
DESIGNATION - ASKOV LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - RN1618
STATE/COUNTY- MN/PINE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ASKOV LOOKOUT TOWER (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (DAJ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASKOV
AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRUNO. IT IS ABOUT 80 FEET HIGH,
HAS FOUR LEGS OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION AND HAS A LOOKOUT CABIN
ON THE TOP. THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE CENTER OF THE
TOP OF THE LOOKOUT CABIN.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE RAILROAD STATION IN BRUNO, GO
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 23 FOR 3.2 MILES TO A CROSSROAD,
THENCE TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.35 MILES
TO A CROSSROADS, THENCE LEFT AND GO 0.25 MILE TO THE TOP
OF THE HILL AND THE STATION.