MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BEMIDJI
Beltrami County
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
146N-33W-11
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
146N-33W-11
DESIGNATION - BEMIDJI FIRE TOWER
PID - SK0852
STATE/COUNTY- MN/BELTRAMI
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BEMIDJI EAST (1994)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (GWM)
THE STATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1938 BUT WAS NOT DESCRIBED.
A DESCRIPTION AND TO REACH FOLLOWS--
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
LOCATED ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES EAST OF BEMIDJI, IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
SEC. 11, T. 146 N., R. 33 W., AND ON THE PROPERTY OF THE
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED
STEEL STRUCTURE WITH A METAL OBSERVATION ROOM AT THE TOP.
THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 110 FEET.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 2,
71 AND 371 AT THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF BEMIDJI, GO NORTH ON
HIGHWAY 2 AND 71 FOR 0.25 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. TURN RIGHT
AND GO EASTERLY ON SOUTH FIRST STREET FOR 1.05 MILES TO A
CROSS STREET. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON LAKE AVENUE FOR
0.5 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. TURN RIGHT AND GO EAST ON MILL
AVENUE (COUNTY ROAD 406) FOR 1.0 MILE TO A CROSSROAD. TURN
LEFT AND GO NORTH ON A SAND ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO A DRIVEWAY
LEFT AND THE STATION ABOUT 150 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF THE SAND ROAD AND THE DRIVEWAY.