TEXAS LOOKOUTS
BARNUM #16
Tyler County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
Removed
DESIGNATION - BARNUM
PID - BL2139
STATE/COUNTY- TX/TYLER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CAMDEN (1984)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10.0 MILES EAST OF CORRIGAN AND
5.5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER NEAR THE STATE FOREST
SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER NO 16. IT IS 90 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 59 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE WOODS
ROAD AND 5 FEET WEST-NORTHWEST OF WITNESS POST. IT IS STAMPED
BARNUM 1949 AND PROJECTS 3 INCHES.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN CHESTER, GO WEST
ON U.S. HIGHWAY 287 FOR 2.7 MILES TO CROSSROAD AND SIGN ON LEFT
CAMDEN, TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO SIDE ROAD
LEFT, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD WEST FOR 1.3 MILES TO SIDE
ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.5 MILE TO GATE, PASS THROUGH
GATE AND CONTINUE FOR 0.45 MILE TO CATTLE GUARD, CROSS CATTLE
GUARD AND CONTINUE FOR 0.15 MILE TO LOCKED GATE, (KEY TO GATE
MAY BE OBTAINED AT LARGE HOUSE ON THE LEFT) PASS THROUGH GATE
AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR 2.9 MILES
TO A WOODS ROAD LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH FOR 0.1 MILE TO
THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE LEFT AND STATION ON THE RIGHT AS
DESCRIBED.