TRIGG
Illinois - Johnson County - Shawnee National Forest
c.1942: "Trigg Lookout Station, U.S. Forest Service, 40 feet tower. Visitors welcome. Picnic tables and fireplaces nearby. About 2 miles north of Simpson." ("Illinois Ozark Region - Historic Development of County Names, etc.....")
The NGS Data Sheet
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (WNM)
THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENDALE, 7 MILES NORTH OF
GRANTSBURG, ON A HIGH HILL IN THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST, AT THE
TRIGG LOOKOUT TOWER SITE. IT IS 31 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST LEG
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 39 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST LEG
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER, 77 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A GRAVELED
ROAD AND 29 FEET WEST OF A HACKBERRY TREE WITH A TWIN TRUNK. THE
MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED TRIGG 1957.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE RAILROAD CROSSING IN THE SOUTHEAST EDGE
OF THE VILLAGE OF SIMPSON, GO EAST ON A PAVED ROAD FOR ABOUT 50 FEET
TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND A SIGN TRIG LOOKOUT TOWER. TURN LEFT AND GO
NORTHEAST FOR 0.4 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE
NORTHEAST ON THE MAIN GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE
RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE NORTHEASTERLY ON THE MAIN GRAVELED ROAD
FOR 1.45 MILES TO THE TRIGG LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE RIGHT AND THE
STATION.