Wolf Pinnacle

Polk County
Ouachita National Forest
1S-29W-5

July 31, 1931: "A 50-foot steel tower has been erected on the summit of Wolf Pinnacle, in Posey Hollow, by the national forestry service. The tower will be used for observation purposes by a fire guard who is to go on duty this fall." (Hope Star)

Removed

National Geodetic Survey

DESIGNATION - WOLF PINNACLE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - EK0821
STATE/COUNTY- AR/POLK
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - Y CITY (1975)

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (DAJ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENA,
ON A PROMINENT POINT KNOWN AS WOLF PINNACLE. IT IS A 4 LEGGED
STEEL STRUCTURE, WITH AN ENCLOSED CABIN AT THE TOP AND
APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET HIGH.

THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE CENTER OF THE TOWER.

TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 71 AND STATE
HIGHWAY 8 IN MENA, GO NORTHERLY ON HIGHWAY 71 FOR 1.7 MILES
TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 71 AND 88, KEEP LEFT ON HIGHWAY
71 FOR 3.7 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 270 AND 71, KEEP
RIGHT ON HIGHWAYS 270 AND 71 FOR 5.85 MILES TO A FOREST
SERVICE ROAD RIGHT AT SIGN WOLF PINNACLE. HERE TURN RIGHT
ON FOREST ROAD FOR 4.6 MILES TO THE STATION.