HILDA
Missouri Lookouts - Taney County - Mark Twain National Forest - 23N-18W-30
DESIGNATION - HILDA LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GF0739
STATE/COUNTY- MO/TANEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HILDA (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (JCM)
THE STATION IS IN THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST ABOUT 6
MILES WEST AND 2-1/2 MILES NORTH OF RUETER, 2-1/2 MILES
EAST AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF KISSEE MILLS AND 1-1/2 MILES SOUTH
OF THE HILDA POST OFFICE. IT IS A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL TOWER
ABOUT 50 FEET HIGH WITH AN OPEN CROWS NEST AT THE TOP. A
TRAVERSE WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION HILDA AND THE
DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 42.05 FEET OR 12.818 METERS SOUTHWEST
OF HILDA. THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE POINT MEASURED
AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER.