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Fire lookout · Bolivar County, Mississippi

Pace Lookout Tower

Bolivar County 110-ft Aermotor run by the Mississippi Forestry Commission; the 2022 register visit found the site vacated and the first flight of stairs removed. Little else on record.

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 tower110 ft Aermotor tower with a straight internal staircase, 17 landings and 18 flightsThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
110 ft (33.5 m)
Elevation
139 ft (42 m)
Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Bolivar County, Mississippi
Coordinates
33.80163, −90.87226
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ms-pace

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History

Then and now

  1. 2022 Condition assessmentNHLR site visit 7/8/22: first flight of stairs removed; site vacated by MFCSource: nhlr.org
  2. 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered July 10, 2022 as US 1654, MS 20; nominated by Jason JohnsSource: nhlr.org
  3. 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 Pace Lookout Tower is in Bolivar County, Mississippi.1 The National Historic Lookout Register describes an Aermotor tower, 110 feet tall, whose stairs run straight up the inside, with 17 landings and 18 flights.1 It gives no build date and names the Mississippi Forestry Commission as the administering agency.1

The register lists the tower as US 1654, MS 20.1 It was registered on July 10, 2022, on the nomination of Jason Johns.1 The site visit on July 8, 2022 found that the first flight of stairs had been removed, and it noted that the Forestry Commission had vacated the site.1

Records of its history are thin. A Mississippi Secretary of State list of public lands includes the entry "Bolivar Fire Tower (Sold 8/11/2018)."2 The list does not tie that entry to this tower, so we cannot say whether they are the same structure.2

We found no later report on the tower's condition or access. Visitors should ask the Forestry Commission before going near the site, and should not climb it.

  1. Pace Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/pace-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Public Lands by Agency by Location, Mississippi Secretary of State, https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/lands/Public%20Lands%20by%20Agency%20by%20Location.pdf (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Pace Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Pace Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Pace 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. 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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