LOUISIANA LOOKOUTS G
LEESVILLE
Vernon Parish
Louisiana Forestry Commission
2N-9W-Sec.24
Louisiana Forestry Commission
2N-9W-Sec.24
August 26, 1949: "Added protection for Central Louisiana's vast wooded areas was assured this week with the completion of a forest-fire lookout tower just west of Leesville by the Louisiana Forestry Commission. The tower will be the dispatching center for the forestry commission in Vernon parish and provide detection of fires in a large area." (The Bunkie Record)
DESIGNATION - LEESVILLE LOT
PID - BX2914
STATE/COUNTY- LA/VERNON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LEESVILLE (1994)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (JCA)
THE LEESVILLE LOOKOUT TOWER WHICH IS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
LOUISIANA FORESTRY COMMISSION, IS LOCATED 3-1/4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAWTHORNE AND 2-1/2 MILES WEST OF LEESVILLE ON LAND OF THE
LOUISIANA FORESTRY COMMISSION.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U. S. HIGHWAY 171 AND STATE HIGHWAY 8
IN LEESVILLE, GO WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 8 FOR 2.4 MILES TO A PAVED
SIDE ROAD LEFT AT SIGN LEESVILLE LOOKOUT TOWER. TURN LEFT AND GO
SOUTH ON PAVED ROAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE
RIGHT.
THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE VENT AT THE TOP CENTER OF THE ROOF.