TEXAS LOOKOUTS
CONROE J.G. JONES STATE FOREST #7
Montgomery County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - LOOKOUT TOWER NO 7
PID - BL2211
STATE/COUNTY- TX/MONTGOMERY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TAMINA (1979)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5.5 MILES SSW OF
CONROE AND ABOUT 1.5 MILES NW OF PEOPLES STORE AND FILLING
STATION ON U.S. HIGHWAY 75. THE TOWER IS NO. 7 IN CONROE
STATE FOREST NO. 2. IT IS A STANDARD TYPE LOOKOUT TOWER
OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ENCLOSED CROWS NEST AT THE TOP.
IT IS ABOUT 105 FEET HIGH. THE POINT LOCATED WAS THE APEX
OF THE PYRAMIDAL ROOF OF THE CROWS NEST.