MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
BIRCH HILL
Itasca County
Chippewa National Forest
146N-29W-21
Chippewa National Forest
146N-29W-21
DESIGNATION - BIRCH HILL LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - SK0776
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ITASCA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - RAVEN LAKE (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JVC)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER
LOCATED ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENA AND ABOUT 2 MILES WEST
OF SUGAR LAKE. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH AN
OBSERVATION ROOM AT THE TOP. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 110
FEET.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD STATION
IN BENA, GO WEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 2 FOR 6.8 MILES TO A CROSSROAD.
CONTINUE WEST ON HIGHWAY 2 FOR 5.55 MILES TO A CROSSROAD AND
A SIGN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SURVEYING CAMP. TURN RIGHT AND
GO NORTHERLY ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 2.25 MILES TO A CROSSROAD.
TURN RIGHT AND GO EASTERLY ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES
TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. CONTINUE AHEAD NORTHEASTERLY ON THE
GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.65 MILES TO THE BRIDGE OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. CONTINUE AHEAD NORTHERLY ON THE GRAVELED
ROAD FOR 0.45 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND
GO EASTERLY ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.4 MILES TO A SIDE
ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.1 MILE TO A SIDE
ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHEAST ON A TRACK ROAD FOR 0.1
MILE TO THE STATION.