TEXAS LOOKOUTS
BATH
Walker County
Sam Houston National Forest
Sam Houston National Forest
DESIGNATION - BATH LOOKOUT
PID - BL2272
STATE/COUNTY- TX/WALKER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MOORE GROVE (1997)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS)
LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHERLY OF HUNTSVILLE AND ABOUT 8
MILES NW OF NEW WAVERLY. STATION MARKER IS CENTERED UNDER
THE BOLT IN THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE. THE
SLOPE DISTANCES TO THE INSIDE ANCHOR BOLTS AT THE BASE OF THE
TOWER ARE AS FOLLOWS--TO THE SE CORNER, 13.69 FEET. TO THE SW
CORNER, 13.69 FEET. TO NW CORNER, 13.54 FEET. TO THE NE
CORNER, 13.58 FEET. THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS ABOUT 50 YARDS N
OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE DIRT ROAD.
STATION IS REACHED FROM HUNTSVILLE BY GOING S ON U.S. HIGHWAY
75 FOR 1.5 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD, THENCE RIGHT ON THIS ROAD,
FOLLOWING THE MAIN GRADED ROAD 10.5 MILES TO CROSSROADS. CONTINUE
STRAIGHT 0.2 MILE TO LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE LEFT. THE STATION
MARK PROJECTS 10 INCHES. THIS IS AN INTERSECTION STATION.