Groton Fire Tower
US 610, MA 21

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 610, MA 21 (view other lookouts in United States, Massachusetts)
Date Registered December 15, 2004
Nominated by Henry Isenberg
Location Town of Groton
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Coordinates N 42° 36.600' W 071° 33.483' (view using Google Maps)
N 42° 36' 36" W 071° 33' 29"
N 42.610000° W 071.558056°
Elevation 167 ft (51 m)
Built 1957
Administered by Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control
Cooperators Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control, District 6

Description

Groton Fire Tower was built in 1957. It is a 68' steel tower with a 10'x10' wooden cab, and a smaller cab below. The first tower on this site was a 70' wooden tower furnished by the USFS in 1941.

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