LYNCHBURG
Missouri Lookouts - Laclede County - Mark Twain National Forest - 32N-13W-13
Removed
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1939 (FBQ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LYNCHBURG, 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE LACLEDE-WRIGHT COUNTY LINE,
ON U.S. GOVERNMENT LAND NEAR THE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE LOOKOUT
TOWER LYNCHBURG, IN THE N.E. 1/4 OF THE S.E. 1/4 OF SECTION
13, T 32 N, R 13 W, 125 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE
GRAVEL ROAD PAST THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, AND
20.528 METERS, 67.35 FEET, SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE
BASE OF THE LYNCHBURG LOOKOUT TOWER. THE MARK
PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED
LYNCHBURG 1939.
THE DIRECTION WAS OBSERVED AND THE DISTANCE MEASURED TO THE
LYNCHBURG LOOKOUT TOWER, A STEEL STRUCTURE 100 FEET HIGH
WITH A GLASS-ENCLOSED OBSERVATION PLATFORM ON TOP. THE
DISTANCE FROM THE STATION TO THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF THE
LOOKOUT TOWER IS 20.528 METERS, 67.35 FEET.
TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN LYNCHBURG, GO SOUTH ON
GRAVELED ROAD ON EAST SIDE OF POST OFFICE FOR 1.15 MILES
TO ROAD FORKS, TAKE THE LEFT FORK FOR 0.35 MILE TO TOP OF
GRADE, LOOKOUT TOWER AND STATION. TO REACH AZIMUTH MARK FROM
STATION GO SOUTHWEST PASSING THROUGH BARN YARD FOR 0.3 MILE
TO NORTH AND SOUTH FENCELINE AND MARK.