UNDERWOOD HILL
Ontonagon County - Ottawa National Forest
October 1, 1969: "Forest Service Road No. 481, linking the Underwood Fire Tower with State Highway M-28, has been reopened to public travel, according to Bergland District Ranger Milo Stefan.
The road had been closed about one month ago by Forest Service officials when an old wooden bridge crossing the Presque Isle River was found to be unsafe for motorized traffic." (Daily Globe)
The road had been closed about one month ago by Forest Service officials when an old wooden bridge crossing the Presque Isle River was found to be unsafe for motorized traffic." (Daily Globe)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - UNDERWOOD LOOKOUT TOWER 1952
PID - RL1652
STATE/COUNTY- MI/ONTONAGON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - UNDERWOOD HILL (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (LFW)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF
WAKEFIELD, 13 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BERGLAND AND 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD, GO
NORTH ON MAIN STREET FOR 0.15 MILE TO U.S. HIGHWAY 2, CONTINUE
ACROSS U.S. HIGHWAY 2 AND FOLLOW STATE HIGHWAY 28 FOR 8.0 MILES,
GOING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF SUNDAY LAKE, THEN NORTHEAST TO
A RAILROAD CROSSING, CONTINUE NORTHEAST FOR 1.2 MILES TO A
CROSSROAD AND A SIGN ON THE LEFT READING PRIVATE ROAD KEEP OUT,
TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE PRIVATE ROAD NORTHWEST FOR 3.9 MILES
TO A FORK, KEEP THE RIGHT FORK AND FOLLOW THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD
NORTH FOR 3.0 MILES TO A FORK AND THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD GOING
LEFT, KEEP THE RIGHT FORK AND GO NORTH FOR 0.15 MILE TO A
TRACK ROAD LEFT, TURN LEFT ON THE TRACK ROAD AND GO WEST AND
NORTH FOR 1.0 MILE TO THE STATION.
THE STATION IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL LOOKOUT TOWER ABOUT 85 FEET
HIGH WITH AN ENCLOSED CAB ON THE TOP. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION
WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION UNDERWOOD TO THE CENTER
OF THE TOWER AND THE DISTANCE IS 85.99 FEET (26.210 METERS).