April 2016 photo
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 |
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.