MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
CARLTON PEAK
Cook County
Superior National Forest
Superior National Forest
DESIGNATION - CARLTON PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - SH0723
STATE/COUNTY- MN/COOK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TOFTE (1955)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (DAJ)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHROEDER AND
1 MILE NORTHWEST OF TOFTE ON A PROMINENT HIGH ROCKY HILL KNOWN
AS CARLTON PEAK. STATION IS ABOUT 35 FEET HIGH, OF STEEL
CONSTRUCTION, WITH FOUR LEGS CEMENTED IN SOLID ROCK.
TO REACH FROM THE EDGEWATER INN IN TOFTE GO NORTHEAST ON U.S.
HIGHWAY 61 FOR 0.25 MILE TO BLACKTOP ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND
GO NORTHERLY FOR 0.7 MILE TO FORKS. KEEP LEFT ON MAIN FORK FOR
1.9 MILES TO SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD
FOR 1.5 MILES TO END OF ROAD AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. THERE ARE
TWO TRAILS LEADING TO STATION BUT THE ONE MARKED BY SIGN IS
THE BEST. PACK UP WELL MARKED TRAIL FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO
TOP OF HILL AND STATION AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (2004)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2004 (JPW)
MARK RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED EXCEPT THAT THE TOWER
HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE REMNANTS OF THE BASE ARE VISABLE. SPSPS JPW.