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Fire lookout · Flagler County, Florida

Wadsworth (Flagler) Fire Tower

Also known as Flagler

Aeromotor LS40K tower on Route 1 in Palm Coast, Flagler County; construction date not found; Weebly listing conflicts on height and name.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower100-foot Aeromotor LS40K fire tower with side entry and catwalk (register); a Weebly listing gives 80 feetThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
44 ft (13 m)
Agency
Unknown
Land
Unknown
Location
Flagler County, Florida
Coordinates
29.53452, −81.26241
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-fl-wadsworth-flagler

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History

Then and now

  1. 1995 EventFire spotting duties discontinued (Weebly Flagler listing)Source: easternuslookouts.weebly.com
  2. No record between 1995 and 2016
  3. 2016 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered May 27, 2016; nominated by Bob SpearSource: nhlr.org
  4. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 8 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Wadsworth tower stands along Route 1 in Palm Coast, Flagler County, Florida.1,2 It is a 100-foot Aeromotor LS40K fire tower with a side entry and catwalk.2 The register says the name honors the Wadsworth family, a prominent local family, and that the tower is sometimes also called Flagler, after the county, or Bunnell, after the nearby town.2

I could not find a construction date for this tower.2 A Weebly listing under the Flagler name says the Civilian Conservation Corps erected an 80-foot steel tower in 1938, and that the lookout was renamed Southside Tower in 1959.3 The 80-foot height disagrees with the register's 100 feet. The Jacksonville park page dates the Southside name to 1959 for a different tower, so the listing may mix up two towers.3,2,4

The name has caused confusion. The Florida chapter's report says the Jacksonville tower was once called the Flagler Tower, and that the Route One tower in Palm Coast also carries the Flagler name.1,4

The register says the tower is still used on occasion when wildfires are active, which suggests it is standing.2 The Weebly listing says its fire spotting duties ended in 1995, but that page has other details that do not match the register.3

I found no access rules in these sources, and the register lists no visit reports.2 The register lists the Florida Forest Service as a cooperator, so ask it before trying to visit or climb the tower.2

  1. Florida Chapter, Forest Fire Lookout Association Inc., https://firelookout.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cr-fl-2015.pdf (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  2. Wadsworth (Flagler) Fire Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/fl/wadsworth-flagler-fire-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  3. Flagler, FOREST LOOKOUTS, https://easternuslookouts.weebly.com/flagler.html (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  4. Forestry Tower Park, JaxParks, City of Jacksonville, https://www.jacksonville.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/jaxparks/all-parks/forestry-tower-park (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩

Photos

Photo of Wadsworth (Flagler) Fire Tower
Photo: Bob Spear, via National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, type, what it is built of, status, register numbers, dates, photos, links National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) Gave us: height, links easternuslookouts.weebly.com · No licence stated; facts only (county, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, status, height, design hints, register links). The site's own historical quotes, newspaper citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. OpenStreetMap -- fire lookout structures Gave us: links © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0. (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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