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Missouri Fire Lookout Towers


Missouri | National Historic Lookout Register

Lookouts ; Doniphan Lookout, US 1776, MO 10 ; Indian Trail Lookout, US 982, MO 6 ; Mountain View Fire Tower, US 973, MO 3.

The Missouri Lookout Towers That Helped Fight Forest Fires

Fire towers, once ubiquitous throughout the southern Missouri landscape, offer a bird's-eye look at the countryside from their aeries perched high atop hills ...

Lookout Towers - Trails for Two

At one point in history, there were 260 fire lookout towers in Missouri. These towers, each with a cabin situated well above the tree line, were crucial for ...

MISSOURI - FOREST LOOKOUTS

MISSOURI FIRE TOWERS. Picture. THE THANK YOU PAGE: ​> A big Thank You to Bob ... “Remembering Missouri's Lookout Towers – A Place Above the Trees”

Fire tower | Missouri State Parks

Fire tower at Sam A. Baker State Park. Fire tower. Park Hours. Park Hours. Weather. Check Weather Coordinates. 37.262099, -90.523996.

Mountain View Towersite - Missouri Department of Conservation

Mountain View Towersite ... Although this conservation area is accessible to the public, its primary purpose is to house the Mtn View fire tower used by MDC staff ...

New book about Missouri's fire towers: 'A place above the trees'

The metal tower at Roaring River is one of hundreds Bob Frakes documents in his book, Remembering Missouri's Lookout Towers: A Place Above ...

Fire Lookout Tower - Briar MO - Living New Deal

This fire lookout tower outside Briar was a New Deal project completed in 1936. It was almost surely built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) under.

Missouri Fire Lookout Towers | RadioReference.com Forums

A tip for finding ones you remember: at least through the late 1980s, the towers were marked on the MoDOT state highway map. MoDOT has scans of ...

Shooting the Smoke - Missouri Department of Conservation

What better way to learn about fire tower history than to hear directly from those employees? Hoffman and his team interviewed over 30 employees ...

Missouri | Former Fire Lookout Sites

There are 2 former lookout sites registered in Missouri. The most recently registered former lookout site is Gypsy Lookout Tower Site (US 1594, MO 2), added on ...

You Probably Shouldn't Climb this 100 Foot Fire Tower in Missouri

You Probably Shouldn't Climb this 100 Foot Fire Tower in Missouri ... I will admit that it's tempting and likely worth the climb, but you probably ...

Twin Knobs Fire Tower | National Historic Lookout Register

About the Tower; Map. Lookout Details. Registry Numbers, US 999, MO 7 (view other lookouts in United States, Missouri). Date Registered, March ...

Cascade - FOREST LOOKOUTS

CASCADE. Missouri Lookouts - Wayne County - Missouri Department of Conservation - 30N-7E-7 ... He said the fire burned across the Cascade fire control tower ...

You Can Hike to This Missouri Fire Tower, But Don't Climb It

The Piney Lookout Tower Trail is a highly-rated hike on All Trails. It's considered a moderate difficulty trail that has the payoff of having a ...

List of fire lookout towers - Wikipedia

This is a list of notable fire lookout towers and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures. This includes lookout cabins without ...

Missouri Fire Towers - urbanSTL

Over on the hiking thread, I posted some shots from atop one of the many fire towers in Missouri ... There are a few exceptions (Sunridge tower, ...

Briar Sites - Missouri - Living New Deal

This fire lookout tower outside Briar was a New Deal project completed in 1936. It was almost surely built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Frakes' love of fire towers culminates in new book | The Focus Insider

Ten are U.S. Forest Service towers and the rest MDC. Almost all are in the southern half of Missouri.

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 ...

- fire lookout stations; - Civilian Conservation Corps; - fire prevention; - moving of structures; - Missouri -- Stone County -- Lampe. Latitude / Longitude.