TEXAS LOOKOUTS
DOUGLASSVILLE
Cass County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - DOUGLASSVILLE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - DM1229
STATE/COUNTY- TX/CASS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - DOUGLASSVILLE (1969)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5.0 MILES EAST OF DOUGLASSVILLE.
IT HAS A GLASS ENCLOSED CAB SUPPORTED BY A 4-LEGGED STEEL
STRUCTURE AND HAS AN OVER ALL HEIGHT OF ABOUT 100 FEET. IT
IS COLORED GRAY AND THE TOP AND CENTER WAS THE POINT INTERSECTED.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN DOUGLASSVILLE, GO
EASTERLY ON STATE ROAD 77 FOR 3.9 MILES TO A CROSS ROAD, TURN
LEFT AND GO NORTH FOR 1.7 MILES TO A CROSS ROAD, TURN RIGHT
AND GO EAST FOR 0.4 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT AS DESCRIBED.