HIGHWAY 60
Missouri Lookouts - Carter County - Mark Twain National Forest - 26N-4E-31
Removed
DESIGNATION - HIGHWAY 60 LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GE1073
STATE/COUNTY- MO/CARTER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HOGAN HOLLOW (1980)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (VBM)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE TOWER, LOCATED
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLSINORE, 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE
JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD B AND ON PROPERTY OWNED
BY THE STATE. IT IS A TAPERING 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE
WITH A VERY SMALL OBSERVING ROOM AT THE TOP AND THE OVERALL
HEIGHT IS ABOUT 70 FEET.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60 AND COUNTY
ROAD A AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF ELLSINORE, GO SOUTH AND EAST
ON HIGHWAY 60 FOR 3.2 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT. CONTINUE
EAST ON HIGHWAY 60 FOR 3.3 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT
(JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROAD B). TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON COUNTY
ROAD B FOR 1.15 MILES TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE RIGHT.