Gheen Lookout
US 1486, MN 21
April 2016 photo

April 2016 photo - courtesy of Jacob Hufnagle

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1486, MN 21 (view other lookouts in United States, Minnesota)
Date Registered January 8, 2021
Nominated by Jacob Hufnagle
Location St. Louis County, Minnesota
Coordinates N 47° 58.725' W 092° 49.817' (view using Google Maps)
N 47° 58' 44" W 092° 49' 49"
N 47.978758° W 092.830283°
Elevation 1,476 ft (450 m)
Built 1934
Administered by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Description

Gheen Hill is a 100-foot stairway tower built by the CCC in 1934. An earlier wood tower was built on the site in 1921.

There is communications equipment on the tower as of 2020. Multiple other communications towers are on the same hill.

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