ALABAMA LOOKOUTS
MORGAN SPRINGS
Perry County
Alabama Forestry Commission
20N-6E-6
Alabama Forestry Commission
20N-6E-6
DESIGNATION - MORGAN SPRINGS LOT
PID - CN3030
STATE/COUNTY- AL/PERRY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MORGAN SPRINGS (1979)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (JLC)
MORGAN SPRINGS LOOKOUT TOWER IS LOCATED ABOUT 11-1/2 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO, 9-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION, 1
MILE SOUTH OF MORGAN SPRINGS AND OWNED BY THE ALABAMA STATE FOREST
SERVICE.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN MARION, GO IN A WESTERLY
DIRECTION ON STATE HIGHWAY 14 FOR 3.0 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 34, CONTINUE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ON STATE HIGHWAY 14
FOR 5.3 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AT SIGN MORGAN SPRINGS 4.
TURN RIGHT AND GO IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ON COUNTY ROAD 23 FOR
3.85 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AT SIGN FOREST FIRE TOWER. TURN
LEFT, GO WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON A DIRT ROAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO A
LOCKED GATE. PASS THROUGH THE GATE, CONTINUE SOUTHWEST AND
NORTH, UPHILL, ON THE DIRT ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER
AND THE STATION.
IT IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH AN OBSERVATION CABIN.