MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BASS LAKE
Mahnomen County
144N-36W-34
144N-36W-34
DESIGNATION - BASS
PID - SK1021
STATE/COUNTY- MN/MAHNOMEN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TULABY LAKE (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 (RAR)
THE STATION IS ON A WOODED HILL, 1-3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NAY-TAY-WAUSH, 1-3/4 MILES EAST OF THE SMALL SETTLEMENT OF
TWIN LAKES, 3/4 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST END OF BASS
LAKE, AND ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NAY-TAH-WAUSH,
GO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ON A BLACKTOP ROAD FOR 1.25 MILES TO
A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH, EAST, AND SOUTHEAST
ON A GRAVEL ROAD FOR 1.1 MILES TO A FORK AND A SIGN BROKEN
ARROW 1 MILE. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, LEFT FORK, ON THE
GRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO A TRACK ROAD ON THE LEFT AT A
POINT WHERE THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD CURVES TO THE RIGHT.
TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHEASTERLY ON A TRACK ROAD FOR 0.3 MILE
TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT NEAR
THE SITE OF AN ABANDONED LOOKOUT TOWER.