MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
PIKE
Saint Louis County
59N-17W-25
59N-17W-25
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
STATION IS UNDER PIKE MT. LOOKOUT TOWER OF U.S. FOREST
SERVICE, LOCATED ON HIGHEST HILL OF THE EASTERN MESABA RANGE,
KNOWN AS PIKE MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 7 MILES AIRLINE NORTHEAST OF
VIRGINIA, IN SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 SEC. 25, T 59 N, R 17 W, 4TH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN.
TO REACH STATION FROM VIRGINIA, GO NORTH ALONG ST. LOUIS
COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 7 THROUGH HIGGINS LOCATION ABOUT 3-1/2
MILES TO JUNCTION WITH COUNTY HIGHWAY NO. 109. FOLLOW THIS
ROAD EAST 2 MILES TO SIDE ROAD LEADING TO THE SOUTHEAST, MARKED,
TO PIKE MT. LOOKOUT, THENCE TO END OF THIS SIDE ROAD WHERE
TRAIL LEADS SOUTHWEST 1/2 MILE UP HILL TO TOWER AND STATION.
STATION IS MARKED BY STANDARD U.S. FOREST SERVICE BRONZE DISK
SET IN LEDGE ROCK AT CENTER OF BASE OF TOWER.
STATIONS JASPER (USFS), BIRCH KNOB (USFS), GHEEN (USFS), AND
SKIBO ARE VISIBLE FROM GROUND AT THIS POINT.