ASHLEY MOUNTAIN
Flathead County - Flathead National Forest - 29N-24W-16
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - ASHLEY MOUNTAIN LOT
PID - TN0834
STATE/COUNTY- MT/FLATHEAD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ASHLEY MOUNTAIN (1994)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (OSR)
THE STATION IS THE DETERMINED CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS
A WOODEN CABIN PAINTED WHITE, SUPPORTED BY FOUR POLE LEGS WITH
AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 60 FEET. IT IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST
POINT OF ASHLEY MOUNTAIN (A HIGH PROMINENT, HEAVILY TIMBERED
MOUNTAIN), ABOUT 18-1/2 MILES WEST AND 6 MILES NORTH OF
KALISPELL, 17 MILES WEST AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEFISH AND 7
MILES SOUTH OF THE STAR MEADOWS RANGER STATION, IN THE
NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, T 29 N, R 24 W.