MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BIG FALLS
Koochiching County
155N-25W-36
155N-25W-36
DESIGNATION - BIG FALLS
PID - TB0652
STATE/COUNTY- MN/KOOCHICHING
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BIG FALLS (1971)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (DLG)
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF BIG FALLS ON
PROPERTY OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FOREST. IT IS IN THE EAST
EDGE OF SEC. 35, T 155 N, R 25 W. IT IS 195 FEET NORTHEAST OF
THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 71 AND A
CROSSROAD, 62 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT
TOWER, 34 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED ROAD,
27 FEET WEST OF A WOODS ROAD, AND 16 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A
WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED
BIG FALLS 1959.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 71 AND
STATE HIGHWAY 6, GO NORTH ON HIGHWAY 71 FOR 0.3 MILE TO THE
BRIDGE OVER BIG FORK RIVER. CONTINUE AHEAD ON HIGHWAY 71 FOR
0.25 MILE TO A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHWEST ON A
GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT, JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER.