UNION COUNTY
BALLOON TREE
Umatilla National Forest
3N-39E-19
3N-39E-19
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS OCCUPIED STATION IS THE CENTER OF 60-FOOT BALLOON TREE
LOOKOUT TOWER, SITUATED ABOUT 12.5 MILES N OF ELGIN, 7.5 MILES
SE OF TOLLGATE, AND ABOUT 0.25 MILE E OF HIGHEST POINT OF WOODED
RIDGE.
REFERENCE MARK IS A DISK SET IN CONCRETE BASE OF NW LEG OF TOWER,
DISTANT 2.94 METERS (9.65 FEET) FROM CENTER IN AZIMUTH 152 DEG
34 MIN.
TO REACH FROM TOLLGATE, GO SOUTHERLY 5 MILES ON WESTON-ELGIN
HIGHWAY, THEN TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW FOREST ROAD UPHILL, EASTERLY,
THEN S, ABOUT 4 MILES TO SIGN READING BALLOON TREE, 2 MILES. AT
THIS POINT TURN LEFT AND GO 2 MILES TO STATION.
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS OCCUPIED STATION IS THE CENTER OF 60-FOOT BALLOON TREE
LOOKOUT TOWER, SITUATED ABOUT 12.5 MILES N OF ELGIN, 7.5 MILES
SE OF TOLLGATE, AND ABOUT 0.25 MILE E OF HIGHEST POINT OF WOODED
RIDGE.
REFERENCE MARK IS A DISK SET IN CONCRETE BASE OF NW LEG OF TOWER,
DISTANT 2.94 METERS (9.65 FEET) FROM CENTER IN AZIMUTH 152 DEG
34 MIN.
TO REACH FROM TOLLGATE, GO SOUTHERLY 5 MILES ON WESTON-ELGIN
HIGHWAY, THEN TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW FOREST ROAD UPHILL, EASTERLY,
THEN S, ABOUT 4 MILES TO SIGN READING BALLOON TREE, 2 MILES. AT
THIS POINT TURN LEFT AND GO 2 MILES TO STATION.