TEXAS LOOKOUTS
FAILS (MOSSY GROVE) #25
Walker County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - FAILS
PID - BL1669
STATE/COUNTY- TX/WALKER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CRABBS PRAIRIE (1976)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS)
THIS STATION IS ABOUT 15 MILES SE OF MADISONVILLE, 13 MILES
S OF MIDWAY, AND 10 MILES NW OF HUNTSVILLE, ON LAND OWNED
BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. THE MARK IS SET 49.2 FEET N
OF THE NE LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON LINE WITH THE E SIDE
OF THE TOWER, 61.06 FEET N OF THE CENTER OF THE TOWER AND
53.5 FEET NNE OF THE NW LEG
TO REACH FROM MADISONVILLE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S.
HIGHWAY 75 AND TEXAS 21, GO S ON U.S. HIGHWAY 75, 16.55
MILES TO SIDE ROAD TO LEFT, AT TOP OF HILL, THENCE LEFT
0.3 MILE TO LOOKOUT TOWER AND STATION.