Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 1740, MS 57 (view other lookouts in United States, Mississippi)
Date Registered	July 9, 2023
Nominated by	Jason Johns
Location	Roosevelt State Park Scott County, Mississippi
Coordinates	N 32° 19.213' W 089° 40.016' (view using Google Maps) N 32° 19' 13" W 089° 40' 01" N 32.320220° W 089.666940°
Elevation	609 ft (186 m)
Built	sometime between 1935-1940
Administered by	Mississippi Forestry Commission
Cooperators	The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP)

Description

This tower is a 100ft Aermotor LS-40 located at the entrance of the Roosevelt State Park.

Roosevelt State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 20 on the southwest side of Morton, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 150-acre Shadow Lake at the western edge of Bienville National Forest, between Jackson and Meridian. It is managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. The park was one of the original Mississippi state parks built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The CCC began work August 1935; the park opened in April 1940.

Site Visit - 7/1/23