BOSTON
Arkansas - Madison County - Ozark National Forest
March 21, 1940: "Mrs. Robbie Stevens visited her parents here over the week end. Her husband is in charge of the Forestry lookout tower at Muddy Gap (Boston Lookout)." (The Madison County Record)
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BOSTON LOT
PID - FG1910
STATE/COUNTY- AR/MADISON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BOSTON (1973)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (LHW)
THE STATION, BOSTON U. S. FORESTRY SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER, IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF A FOUR LEGGED STEEL TOWER WITH A METAL CABIN
MOUNTED ON TOP AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 85 FEET. THE STATION
IS ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH AND 2 MILES WEST OF OARK, 1 MILE NORTH AND 8
MILES WEST OF FALLSVILLE, 1 MILE SOUTH AND 3 MILES EAST OF PETTIGREW,
NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 SECTION OF SECTION 12, R. 25
W., T. 13 N., IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST AND
OWNED BY THE U. S. FORESTRY SERVICE.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN PETTIGREW, GO WEST ON
STATE HIGHWAY 16 FOR 1.5 MILES TO A GRADED SIDE ROAD RIGHT. TURN
RIGHT AND GO SOUTHEASTERLY ON GRADED ROAD FOR 1.0 MILE TO A REVERSE
FORK. CONTINUE AHEAD, SOUTHEASTERLY ON MAIN ROAD FOR 1.2 MILES TO
A FORK. BEAR LEFT AND CONTINUE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR 0.2 MILE TO A
REVERSE FORK. TURN SHARP RIGHT AND GO SOUTHWESTERLY FOR 0.1 MILE TO
A REVERSE FORK. TURN SHARP LEFT AND GO SOUTHEASTERLY FOR 0.2
MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER.