TEXAS LOOKOUTS
ELYSIAN FIELDS
Harrison County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - ELYSIAN FIELDS LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - CR1109
STATE/COUNTY- TX/HARRISON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - STRICKLIN SPRINGS (1978)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASKOM
AND 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELYSIAN FIELDS. IT IS ABOUT 100 YARDS
EAST OF THE CENTER OF FARM ROAD 31 AND 100 YARDS SOUTH OF THE
CENTER OF AN OIL ROAD. THE STATION IS A GLASS ENCLOSED CAB
SUPPORTED BY A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WHICH IS PAINTED
GRAY IN COLOR. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 100 FEET. THE TOP AND
CENTER OF THE TOWER WAS THE POINT INTERSECTED.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ELYSIAN FIELDS
GO NORTH ON FARM ROAD 31 FOR 4.2 MILES TO THE STATION ON THE
RIGHT AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (1963)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (JBA)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IT APPEARS THAT A NEW TOWER IS TO BE
BUILT A FEW FEET WEST OF THE PRESENT TOWER IN THE NEAR FUTURE.