TURIN
Marquette County - State Department of Conservation
1947-48: “Tower cabins have been completed at Otter Lake, East and Turin Towers,” (Fourteenth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - TURIN
PID - RK0512
STATE/COUNTY- MI/MARQUETTE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HELENA (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1955 (NET)
THE STATION IS IN SECTION 34, T. 44 N., R. 24 W. ON THE SUMMIT OF A
SHORT, NARROW RIDGE AT THE SITE OF THE TURIN LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS
9 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROCK AND 2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
MCFARLAND.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 35 AND COUNTY
ROAD 456 IN LITTLE LAKE, GO SOUTHEASTERLY ON STATE HIGHWAY 35 FOR
8.9 MILES TO THE GRAVEL CROSSROAD IN MCFARLAND, TURN RIGHT AND GO
WEST 1.9 MILES TO A POINT WHERE THE ROAD TURNS LEFT, TURN LEFT
AND GO SOUTH 0.2 MILE TO A CROSSROAD AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE
RIGHT, 66 YARDS WEST OF THE CROSSROAD. CONTINUE SOUTHWESTERLY
0.35 MILE TO A SMALL GLADE ON THE RIGHT AT THE BASE OF A RIDGE.
FROM HERE PACK SOUTHERLY ABOUT 35 YARDS TO THE SUMMIT OF THE RIDGE,
THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION.