TOWER MOUNTAIN
Beaverhead County - Beaverhead National Forest - 5S-10W-18
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - TOWER
PID - QY0550
STATE/COUNTY- MT/BEAVERHEAD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TORREY MOUNTAIN (1952)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (WFD)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF TOWER MOUNTAIN,
NEAR THE HEAD OF ARMSTRONG CREEK, ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DILLON, ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE BIRCH CREEK GUARD
STATION, AND 6 FEET NORTHWEST OF A 4 IN X 4 IN WHITE WITNESS
POST.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN DILLON, GO SOUTH
ONE BLOCK, THEN RIGHT (WEST) ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS FOR
8.2 MILES TO A FORK, TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD UP RATTLE
SNAKE CREEK (PASSING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF ARGENTA) FOR
5.3 MILES TO A FORK (JUST AFTER CROSSING BRIDGE), THEN LEFT
ROAD (NORTHWEST) FOR 0.8 MILE TO A FORK, THEN LEFT ROAD
(STRAIGHT AHEAD) FOR 2.2 MILES TO A FORK, THEN RIGHT ROAD
(NORTH) FOR 0.3 MILE TO A DIM FORK, THEN RIGHT ROAD (NORTH)
UP FRENCH CREEK FOR 2.5 MILES TO A FORK AND SIGN TROUT CREEK.
KEEP LEFT (NORTH) FOR 0.9 MILE TO A FORK, THEN RIGHT ROAD
FOR 3.7 MILES TO A CATTLE GUARD, CROSS CATTLE GUARD AND
CONTINUE ON MAIN ROAD FOR 0.4 MILE TO A FORK AND SIGN
(TOWER MTN LOOKOUT TOWER), THEN LEFT (NORTH AND WEST) FOR
1.1 MILES TO THE TOP OF HILL AND STATION.