ARKANSAS LOOKOUTS
FLY GAP
Franklin County
Ozark National Forest
Ozark National Forest
DESIGNATION - FLY GAP LOT
PID - FG1930
STATE/COUNTY- AR/FRANKLIN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ST PAUL (1973)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (ILC)
THE STATION FLY GAP U. S. FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER IS THE CENTER
BASE OF A 4 LEGGED STEEL SKELETON STRUCTURE THAT HAS A CABIN ATOP
THAT IS PAINTED ORANGE. THE DISTANCE WAS MEASURED FROM STATION FLY
GAP AND IS 64.88 FEET OR 19.776 METERS.
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF OZARK, 5 MILES SOUTH
AND 1 MILE WEST OF SAINT PAUL, 1-1/4 MILES EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY
23, IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 SECTION OF SECTION 31, R 26 W., T 13 N.,
AND ON PROPERTY OF THE OZARK NATIONAL FOREST.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 64 AND STATE
HIGHWAY 23, ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SECTION OF
OZARK, GO NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 23 FOR 16.1 MILES TO THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE CASS WORK CENTER ON RIGHT IN CASS. CONTINUE AHEAD ON
STATE HIGHWAY 23 AND GO NORTHERLY FOR 6.6 MILES TO A GRADED ROAD
ON RIGHT IN CURVE. KEEP RIGHT AND GO EASTERLY ON GRADED ROAD FOR
1.75 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AND SIGN ON LEFT FLY GAP TOWER.
TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH FOLLOWING BLADED ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE
STATION.
NOTE--THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS ABOUT 75 FEET HIGH.