CYPRESS
Illinois - Union County
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - CYPRESS LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HB1583
STATE/COUNTY- IL/JOHNSON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - KARNAK (1976)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (WNM)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE STATE FOREST FIRE TOWER,
LOCATED ON A HIGH RIDGE LOCALLY KNOWN AS GEORGE BLUFF, 3.0 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BELKNAP, 90 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A
GRAVELED ROAD AND ON STATE PROPERTY.
THE TOWER IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING A GLASS
-ENCLOSED OBSERVATION PLATFORM, OVERALL HEIGHT IS 100 FEET.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 37 AND 169
ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF KARNAK, GO NORTH ON HIGHWAY 37 FOR 4.15 MILES
TO A CROSSROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO EAST ON WINDING GRAVELED ROAD FOR
1.8 MILES TO A GRAVELED T-ROAD INTERSECTION. TURN LEFT AND GO
NORTH ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.9 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. CONTINUE
STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT.