TEXAS LOOKOUTS
FERN LAKE
Nacogdoches County
Tower removed, foundation blocks remain.
DESIGNATION - FERN LAKE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - BY2683
STATE/COUNTY- TX/NACOGDOCHES
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - NACOGDOCHES SOUTH (1983)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
NACOGDOCHES. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING A CAB
ON THE TOP. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 110 FEET. THE POINT OBSERVED
UPON WAS THE APEX OF THE ROOF.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE STOPLIGHT 1 BLOCK WEST OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SQUARE IN NACOGDOCHES, GO SOUTH ON
U.S. HIGHWAY 59 FOR 5 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND
GO 100 YARDS TO A FORKS, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.7 MILE TO A
FORKS. TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO 0.2 MILE TO A FORKS, TAKE RIGHT
FORK AND GO 0.2 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE RIGHT.