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Fire lookout · Pine County, Minnesota

Eaglehead

Pine County tower 2, an 81-foot Aermotor ladder erected in 1928 per the county list; a 1952 survey gives about 100 feet; FFLA marks it gone with no date.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. The FFLA list marks it Tower Gone without a date; the county list says it was removed

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower81-foot Aermotor ladder tower (county table); a 1952 survey describes a four-legged steel structure with an enclosed observation platformThe design: Aermotor
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1928
Height
81 ft (24.7 m)
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Minnesota Forest Service, now the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Land
Unknown
Location
Pine County, Minnesota
Coordinates
46.12867, −92.60553
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-mn-eaglehead

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History

Then and now

  1. 1928 BuiltErected as tower number 2, an 81-foot Aermotor ladder tower, per the county listSource: upload.wikimedia.org
  2. No record between 1928 and 1952
  3. 1952 Condition assessmentSurvey notes describe a four-legged steel structure with an enclosed observation platform, about 100 feet highSource: upload.wikimedia.org
  4. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. When it came down is not recorded.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Eaglehead was a Minnesota Forest Service lookout in Pine County, numbered tower 2 in the county list.1 The list dates it to 1928 and gives its height as 81 feet, for an Aermotor ladder tower.1 A 1952 survey described a four-legged steel structure with an enclosed observation platform at the top and put its height at about 100 feet, which does not match the 81 feet in the county table.1

The county list says the tower was removed.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists it as Tower Gone, without a date, and places it in Pine County at 46.12867 north and 92.60553 west.2

No source we read describes the site now, including whether anything stands there or whether the public can reach it.

  1. Pine County Minnesota Fire Lookout Towers, Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Pine_County_Towers.pdf (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Minnesota Lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/mn/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Sources

  1. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: name, location, county, type, status, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  2. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, 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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