MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BIG SANDY (LAKE)
Aitkin County
Minnesota Division of Forestry
49N-23W-16
Minnesota Division of Forestry
49N-23W-16
1933: A 94-foot Pittsburg-Des Moines Company steel tower with a 7x7 cab was erected.
1992: The tower was restored.
DESIGNATION - SANDY
PID - RN1244
STATE/COUNTY- MN/AITKIN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MINNEWAWA (1970)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1967 (JFS)
STATION IS LOCATED 9.0 MI N. AND 2.0 MI E. OF MC GREGOR, BENEATH
BIG SANDY LAKE FIRE LOOKOUT TOWER OF THE MINNESOTA STATE
FORESTRY SERVICE, ON A PROMINENT WOODED HILL, NEAR THE SE.
EDGE OF BIG SANDY LAKE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE S. SIDE OF
SEC. 9, T. 49 N., R. 23 W.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE AT MC GREGOR, GO
W.-NW. ON CITY ROUTE STATE HWY. 65 FOR 0.5 MI TO JCT. WITH
U.S. HWY. 210, CONTINUE N. ON STATE HWY. 65 FOR 7.2 MI TO
JCT. OF STATE HWY. 232 W. AND COUNTY HWY. 14 E., NEAR SATHERS
STORE AND STATION, TURN RIGHT ON COUNTY HWY. 14 E., NEAR
SATHERS STORE AND STATION, TURN RIGHT ON CO. HWY. 14 AND
GO E. AND NE. FOR 3.2 MI TO THE MINNESOTA STATE FORESTRY RANGER
STATION AND GARAGES ON RIGHT, NEAR BELL HORNBAY SCHOOL, FROM
THIS POINT THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND STATION ARE ABOUT 100 YARDS
NW. ON CREST OF RIDGE, REACHED BY FOOT-PATH.