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Fire lookout · Panola County, Mississippi

Glenville Lookout Tower

Panola County, MS 100-ft Aermotor in a pine grove, administered by the Forestry Commission, registered 2022 as US 1611; build date unknown and hard to reach in spring and summer.

Permission required

You need permission from the tribe or landowner before visiting. No public access is described. The register says the site is administered by the Forestry Commission, so ask the agency before visiting

Visit & stay

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

Access

Permission required. See the warning at the top of this page.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
The register says vegetation around the base makes the site next to impossible to reach in spring and summer
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a towertypical 100ft Aermotor towerThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
Unknown
Elevation
511 ft (156 m)
Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Panola County, Mississippi
Coordinates
34.51545, −89.77015
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ms-glenville

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History

Then and now

  1. 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered June 23, 2022 as US 1611, MS 10; nominated by Jason JohnsSource: nhlr.org
  2. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Glenville Lookout Tower is in Panola County, Mississippi. The National Historic Lookout Register gives its elevation as 511 feet (156 meters) and describes it as a standard 100-foot Aermotor.1 OpenStreetMap marks the same spot as an observation tower and gives its elevation as 154 meters, about two meters below the register's figure.2

The register gives no build date and lists the build as unknown.1 It names the Mississippi Forestry Commission as administrator.1 We found no account of who staffed the tower or of any fire it watched.

The register says the tower sits among pines. It also warns that the vegetation around the base makes the site next to impossible to reach in spring and summer.1 We found no public access information, so anyone interested should ask the Forestry Commission before visiting.

Jason Johns nominated the tower, and the register records it as US 1611, MS 10, registered on June 23, 2022.1

  1. Glenville Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/glenville-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Node: Glenville Lookout Tower (357968642), OpenStreetMap, https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/357968642 (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Glenville Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Glenville Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Glenville Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Glenville Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Glenville Lookout Tower
Photo: 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, agency, 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. OpenStreetMap -- fire lookout structures Gave us: links © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0. (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  3. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, agency, access, visiting details, 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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