LOST CREEK
Missouri Lookouts - Wayne County - National Forest - 28N-6E-22
Removed
DESIGNATION - LOST CREEK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HC0969
STATE/COUNTY- MO/WAYNE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - GREENVILLE SW (1966)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (VBM)
STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT
IS A 4 LEG STEEL STRUCTURE WITH AN ENCLOSED OBSERVING ROOM
AT THE TOP. THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE TOWER IS ABOUT 130
FEET. IT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE.
TO REACH THE TOWER FROM THE CAUTION LIGHT ON U.S. HIGHWAY
67 IN GREENVILLE, GO SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 67 FOR 1.3 MILES TO
THE JUNCTION OF COUNTY ROAD D. TURN LEFT AND GO EAST ON
ROAD D FOR 1.9 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND
GO NORTHEAST ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 1.4 MILES TO A FORK.
TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO EAST ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR
0.25 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AND A SIGN ON THE LEFT LOST
CREEK LOOKOUT TOWER 3. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHERLY ON THE
GRAVELED ROAD FOR 2.8 MILES TO THE TOWER ON THE LEFT.