MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
FARLEY HILL
Itasca County
Chippewa National Forest
147N-27W-5
Chippewa National Forest
147N-27W-5
DESIGNATION - FARLEY FIRE TOWER
PID - SK0729
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ITASCA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PIGEON DAM LAKE (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CIA)
POINT OBSERVED UPON IS THE CENTER OF FARLEY FIRE TOWER LOCATED
3.25 MILES SOUTH OF SQUAW LAKE AND 9 MILES NORTH OF CUT FOOT
SIOUX INN, IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER SEC. 5, T. 147 N., R. 27 W.,
ON TOP OF A WOODED HILL. CENTER OF TOWER IS 27.3 FEET EAST.
NORTHWEST LEG IS 17.5 FEET NORTHEAST. AND SOUTHWEST LEG IS
22.3 FEET SOUTHEAST OF TRIANGULATION STATION FARLEY.
TO REACH FROM CUT FOOT SIOUX INN GO NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 46
FOR 3.2 MILES, THEN LEAVE HIGHWAY 46 AND GO WEST ON GRADED
DIRT ROAD 3.4 MILES, THEN TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.75 MILE,
THEN TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.1 MILE TO FARLEY LOOKOUT CABIN.
CONTINUE EAST FROM CABIN ALONG TRAIL TO TOP OF HILL AND FIRE
TOWER.