Fire lookout · Monroe County, Mississippi
Mount Hebron Lookout Tower
Monroe County, MS 90-ft Aermotor tower; NHLR-registered 2022, the Forestry Commission no longer uses the site, and no build date found.
- Standing
- Access unknown
- Verified
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
- Type
- Cab on a tower90 ft Aermotor tower with a parallel staircase; 13 landings and 14 flights, bottom flights removedThe design: Aermotor
- Built of
- SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
- Built
- Unknown
- Height
- Unknown
- Elevation
- 457 ft (139 m)
- Agency
- Mississippi Forestry Commission
- Land
- Unknown
- Location
- Monroe County, Mississippi
- Coordinates
- 33.79455, −88.34688
- Registers
- This entry
- VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
- Firefinder id
us-ms-mount-hebron
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History
Then and now
- 2022 Condition assessmentRegister site visit dated July 17, 2022; the page says the Forestry Commission no longer uses the siteSource: nhlr.org
- 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered July 18, 2022 as US 1680, MS 40; nominated by Jason JohnsSource: nhlr.org
- TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.
Old maps of this spot
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Story
Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.
The Mount Hebron Lookout Tower is in Monroe County, Mississippi, at an elevation of 457 feet (139 m), according to the National Historic Lookout Register.1 The Mississippi Forestry Commission is listed as its administrator.1
The register describes a 90-foot Aermotor tower with a parallel staircase. It has 13 landings and 14 flights, but its lowest flights have been taken away.1 The site description also notes that the Aermotor label was fitted upside down.1
The register lists the build date as unknown, and I found no other account of when the tower went up or who built it.1
The register entry is US 1680, MS 40. It was registered on July 18, 2022, with Jason Johns as nominator.1 The site visit it describes took place on July 17, 2022, and the page says the Forestry Commission no longer uses the site.1 I could not tell from the page when that changed.
I found no later report of the tower's condition or of public access. Since I could not find access details, do not assume the tower is open to visitors. Ask the Mississippi Forestry Commission before going, and do not climb it without permission.
- Mount Hebron Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org), http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/mount-hebron-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
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Sources
- National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) (opens another site) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, 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
- FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site) Gave us: type, 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
- Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, 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
More about this lookout elsewhere
- NHLR register entry US 1680 (nhlr.org) (opens another site)
- Mount Hebron (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
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