North Attleboro Fire Tower
US 618, MA 29

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 618, MA 29 (view other lookouts in United States, Massachusetts)
Date Registered December 15, 2004
Nominated by Henry Isenberg
Location Town of North Attleboro
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Coordinates N 42° 00.034' W 071° 18.934' (view using Google Maps)
N 42° 00' 02" W 071° 18' 56"
N 42.000560° W 071.315560°
Elevation 374 ft (114 m)
Built 1972
Administered by Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control
Cooperators Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control, District 3

Description

North Attleboro Fire Tower has the distinction of being the last lookout established by the Mass. Bureau of Forest Fire Control to cover an unguarded area in the statewide fire detection grid. Constructed in 1972, it is a 75’ steel tower with a 10’x10’ wooden cab and an observation deck below.

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