CENTERVILLE
Missouri Lookouts - Reynolds County - Mark Twain National Forest - 32N-1E-9
A tree crow's nest lookout.
DESIGNATION - CENTERVILLE
PID - HC1023
STATE/COUNTY- MO/REYNOLDS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CENTERVILLE (1985)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (CDM)
STATION CENTERVILLE IS ON THE EAST END OF A HIGH, WOODED RIDGE
AND A PROMINENT HILL LYING ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE AND
1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF A CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS CAMP ON THE
CENTERVILLE-BIXBY ROAD IN SEC. 9, T. 32 N., R. 1 E. STATION IS
200 YARDS EAST OF THIS ROAD, 70 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A UNITED STATES
FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT PLATFORM IN A TALL TREE, 40 FEET NORTH OF
A WOODS TRAIL AND 70 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
TWO WOODS TRAILS. THE MARK PROJECTS 6 INCHES.
STATION WAS REACHED FROM CENTERVILLE BY DRIVING NORTH AND EAST
FROM THE SQUARE 2.5 MILES ON MISSOURI NO. 21 TO TOP OF DIVIDE. AT
THE WEST END OF CUT, TURN LEFT OFF OF HIGHWAY AND DRIVE NORTH ON
THE BIXBY ROAD FOR 1.2 MILES TO A CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
CAMP ON LEFT. CONTINUE ON THE MAIN ROAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO A POINT
WHERE THE ROAD STARTS DOWN GRADE. AT THIS POINT, TURN RIGHT OFF
THE ROAD AND DRIVE EAST ON AN OLD TRAIL ALONG THE TOP OF RIDGE
FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE TOP OF HILL AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT.