TEXAS LOOKOUTS
WAKEFIELD
Polk County
Texas Forest Service
Texas Forest Service
DESIGNATION - WAKEFIELD LOOKOUT TOWER 1949
PID - BY2659
STATE/COUNTY- TX/POLK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WAKEFIELD (2019)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (RLE)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF CORRIGAN,
0.35 MILE WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 59 AND IS SITUATED IN A SMALL
CLEARING OF TIMBER LAND.
IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING A HOUSE AT
THE TOP. THE HOUSE HAS A PYRAMIDAL ROOF AND ITS OVERALL
HEIGHT IS ABOUT 110 FEET.
THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE PEAK OF THE ROOF.