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1943

Eightmile Mesa Lookout San Juan NF Elevation: 8776 Status: Inactive Year Built: 1941 , 1963 Structure Type: 20ft L4, 30ft Steel Topographical Map Eightmile Mesa is off FR-651 , the road is rough but can be carefully driven in a passenger car. There is a standing 30' steel tower built in 1963 and footings of the 1941 tower near the BM. It appears to be inactive and the catwalk is locked but you can climb to the level below for views.

2002

A National Geodetic Survey Datasheet decribes the original wooden tower:

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HL0523 DESIGNATION - EIGHT MILE
HL0523 PID - HL0523
HL0523 STATE/COUNTY- CO/ARCHULETA
HL0523 USGS QUAD - SERVICEBERRY MOUNTAIN (1984)
HL0523
HL0523 STATION RECOVERY (1958)
HL0523
HL0523'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (OSR)
HL0523'LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF PAGOSA SPRINGS, ON THE NORTH
HL0523'RIM OF EIGHTMILE MESA AND DIRECTLY BELOW THE CENTER OF THE
HL0523'U.S. FOREST SERVICE EIGHTMILE LOOKOUT TOWER.
HL0523'
HL0523'THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS A WOOD FRAME, ELEVATED, LOOKOUT CABIN
HL0523'WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET SQUARE AND SUPPORTED BY A
HL0523'FOUR-LEGGED LOG STRUCTURE. OVERALL HEIGHT IS 35 FEET. POINT
HL0523'OBSERVED WAS THE APEX.