MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
JESSIE LAKE
Itasca County
Chippewa National Forest
148N-25W-4
Chippewa National Forest
148N-25W-4
DESIGNATION - JESSIE
PID - SJ2117
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ITASCA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - JESSIE LAKE (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JVC)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALMOON, 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF BOWSTRING LAKE, AND 1 MILE WEST OF THE
WEST EDGE OF JESSIE LAKE NEAR THE JESSIE LAKE LOOKOUT TOWER IN
THE NORTH EDGE OF SECTION 4, T. 148 N., R. 25 W. ON THE PROPERTY
OF THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST. IT IS 79 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF A SMALL WOODEN BUILDING, 145 FEET SOUTHEAST
OF THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 19 FEET SOUTHWEST
OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIM TRACK ROAD, AND 3 FEET EAST OF A
WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 1 INCH AND THE DISK IS
STAMPED JESSIE 1959.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 6
AND 286 IN TALMOON, GO WEST ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 3.95 MILES TO
POINT WHERE PAVED ROAD TURNS NORTH AND GRAVELED ROAD CONTINUES
STRAIGHT AHEAD. CONTINUE WEST ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE
TO A GRAVELED SIDE ROAD LEFT (SIGN ON RIGHT LONGERS BIRCHWOOD
RESORT). TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.2
MILES TO POINT WHERE ROAD MAKES SHARP LEFT TURN AND DIM TRACK
ROAD GOES RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHWEST ON THE DIM TRACK
ROAD FOR ABOUT 250 FEET TO STATION ON THE LEFT JUST BEFORE
REACHING LOOKOUT TOWER.
PID - SJ2117
STATE/COUNTY- MN/ITASCA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - JESSIE LAKE (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JVC)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALMOON, 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF BOWSTRING LAKE, AND 1 MILE WEST OF THE
WEST EDGE OF JESSIE LAKE NEAR THE JESSIE LAKE LOOKOUT TOWER IN
THE NORTH EDGE OF SECTION 4, T. 148 N., R. 25 W. ON THE PROPERTY
OF THE CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST. IT IS 79 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF A SMALL WOODEN BUILDING, 145 FEET SOUTHEAST
OF THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 19 FEET SOUTHWEST
OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIM TRACK ROAD, AND 3 FEET EAST OF A
WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 1 INCH AND THE DISK IS
STAMPED JESSIE 1959.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 6
AND 286 IN TALMOON, GO WEST ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 3.95 MILES TO
POINT WHERE PAVED ROAD TURNS NORTH AND GRAVELED ROAD CONTINUES
STRAIGHT AHEAD. CONTINUE WEST ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE
TO A GRAVELED SIDE ROAD LEFT (SIGN ON RIGHT LONGERS BIRCHWOOD
RESORT). TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.2
MILES TO POINT WHERE ROAD MAKES SHARP LEFT TURN AND DIM TRACK
ROAD GOES RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHWEST ON THE DIM TRACK
ROAD FOR ABOUT 250 FEET TO STATION ON THE LEFT JUST BEFORE
REACHING LOOKOUT TOWER.