Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 1773, MO 9 (view other lookouts in United States, Missouri)
Date Registered	December 31, 2023
Nominated by	Rick Brown
Location	Mark Twain National Forest Phelps County, Missouri
Coordinates	N 37° 49.037' W 091° 47.837' (view using Google Maps) N 37° 49' 02" W 091° 47' 50" N 37.817281° W 091.797276°
Elevation	1,220 ft (372 m)
Built	1953-1954
Administered by	U.S. Forest Service

Description

Mark Twain National Forest was established by President Roosevelt by proclamation on September 11, 1939. The metal lookout tower was erected in 1953-54 and the cab was refinished in 1969-70.

In August 2023, a visit to the tower showed the tower and cab remain standing, though they are in poor shape (especially the cab). The base of the lookout tower has a chain link fence around it with barbed wire on top.

There was at least one other Pilot Knob Lookout in Missouri in Stone County.