TEXAS LOOKOUTS
RISKEN
Kenedy County
DESIGNATION - RISKEN LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - AH1527
STATE/COUNTY- TX/KENEDY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LA PARRA RANCH (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (GEM)
LOCATED 7.5 MILES SE OF SARITA, AND 3.5 MILES S. OF MAIN GROUP
OF BUILDINGS ON THE KENEDY RANCH. TOWER IS APPROXIMATELY 250
FEET E. OF SE. END OF A POND, APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET NW. OF A
HUNTING LODGE, AND IS ON TOP OF THE HIGHEST KNOLL IN THE VICINITY.
STATION IS CENTER OF WOOD-FRAME LOOKOUT TOWER 30 FEET HIGH,
HAVING A METAL, PYRAMIDAL SHAPED ROOF. STATION IS ON SQUARE
MILE OF LAND OWNED BY CARL AND MERLE RISKEN OF RIVIERA, TEXAS,
FROM WHOM GATE KEY MAY BE PROCURED. TO REACH FROM U.S.
HIGHWAY 77 AT SARITA, TAKE ALL WEATHER ROAD E. 1.3 MILES TO
GATES ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD. TAKE FIELD ROAD S. AND SE. 3.5
MILES TO GATE IN N-S FENCE AND ROAD FORK. TAKE LEFT FORK E.
AND SE. 3.3 MILES TO LOCKED GATE ON N. SIDE OF RISKEN PROPERTY,
CONTINUE SE AND E. 0.85 MILE TO HUNTING LODGE AND VICINITY
OF STATION.