BELLE MOUND
Wisconsin - Jackson County - Wisconsin Department of Conservation - 21N-3W-34
1928: A steel tower with a 7x7 cab erected.
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BELLE MOUND LOOKOUT
PID - PO0581
STATE/COUNTY- WI/JACKSON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MILLSTON (1983)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CAS)
THIS STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BELLE MOUND FIRE LOOKOUT
TOWER OF THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. IT IS A
STANDARD SQUARE SKELETON STEEL TOWER WITH AN ENCLOSED CABIN
ON TOP. IT IS 25 FEET HIGH AND WAS ERECTED IN 1928.
THE TOWER IS ABOUT 6-1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS,
AND ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLSTON, IN THE SW 1/4 SE 1/4
SEC. 34, T. 21 N., R. 3 W., ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE HILL
KNOWN AS BELLE MOUND.