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Archuleta Mesa Lookout

San Juan NF

Elevation: 8940+
Status: Standing
Year Built:?

Topographical Map

The only information we currently have is from a National Geodetic Data Sheet:

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HL0519 DESIGNATION - ARCHULETA MESA LOOKOUT TOWER
HL0519 PID - HL0519
HL0519 STATE/COUNTY- CO/ARCHULETA
HL0519 USGS QUAD - EDITH (1984)

HL0519 STATION DESCRIPTION
HL0519
HL0519'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 195(OSR)
HL0519'THE STATION IS THE TOP-CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS ON
HL0519'THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF ARCHULETA MESA, ABOUT 2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
HL0519'OF TRIANGLE STATION ARCH 1936. DUE TO HIGH TIMBER IT WAS NOT
HL0519'VISIBLE FROM THIS STATION. IT IS A STANDARD FORESTRY LOOKOUT
HL0519'TOWER, A GLASS ENCLOSED CAB SUPPORTED BY FOUR STEEL LEGS,
HL0519'SILVER IN COLOR OVERALL AND ABOUT 50 FEET HIGH.


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