LONG MOUNTAIN
Marion County
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Forestry Commission
DESIGNATION - LONG LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GF0691
STATE/COUNTY- AR/MARION
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BULL SHOALS (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (JCM)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH AND 8-1/2 MILES WEST
OF MOUNTAIN HOME AND 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE MARION-BAXTER
COUNTY LINE. IT IS A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL TOWER ABOUT 50 FEET
HIGH WITH A GLASS ENCLOSED HOUSE AT THE TOP. THE POINT
INTERSECTED WAS THE APEX OF THE HOUSE. A TRAVERSE WAS MADE
FROM TRIANGULATION STATION LONG (USED) AND THE DISTANCE
WAS FOUND TO BE 159.20 FEET (48.524 METERS) NORTHEAST OF
THE STATION.