WINAMAC
Indiana - Pulaski County - Tippecanoe State Park
1940: A steel fire tower was completed by the use of Works Progress Administration labor.
DESIGNATION - BEARDS
PID - ME2370
STATE/COUNTY- IN/PULASKI
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WINAMAC (1980)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (RCB)
STATION IS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF WINAMAC AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF
BEARDSTOWN ON THE
PROPERTY OF THE TIPPECANOE RIVER STATE PARK. IT IS 100 FEET NORTH OF
THE NORTHWEST LEG OF THE TIPPECANOE
RIVER STATE PARK LOOKOUT TOWER, 45 FEET EAST OF A 20 INCH OAK TREE,
38 FEET WEST OF A 20 INCH OAK TREE, 23
FEET NORTHWEST OF A 15 INCH OAK TREE AND 3 FEET
SOUTHWEST OF A WHITE WITNESS POST. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND
THE DISK IS STAMPED BEARDS 1948.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN WINAMAC GO
NORTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 35 FOR 4.7
MILES TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE TIPPECANOE RIVER STATE PARK, TURN RIGHT
THROUGH THE PARK ENTRANCE AND GO EAST
FOR 0.5 MILE TO A GRAVEL ROAD SOUTH, TURN RIGHT
AND GO SOUTH FOR 50 FEET TO TRAIL TO LOOKOUT TOWER,
FOLLOW THE TRAIL FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE
LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.