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Fire lookout · Montgomery County, Mississippi

Poplar Creek Lookout Tower

100-foot Aermotor in Montgomery County, MS; NHLR-registered July 2022 as US 1664, MS 29. Register says the MFC has left the site and it may now be timber-owned.

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 Aermotor with a straight internal staircaseThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
549 ft (167 m)
Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission (named in register; site reportedly vacated)
Land
Unknown
Location
Montgomery County, Mississippi
Coordinates
33.31112, −89.59612
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ms-poplar-creek

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 2022 Condition assessmentRegister entry tied to a site visit on July 9, 2022 describes a 100ft Aermotor with a straight internal staircaseSource: nhlr.org
  2. 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered July 10, 2022 as US 1664, MS 29; 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 Poplar Creek Lookout Tower is in Montgomery County, Mississippi, at an elevation of 549 feet, or 167 meters.1 The register describes a 100-foot Aermotor with a straight staircase inside it, and lists the tower as US 1664, MS 29.1

The register gives no build date and lists the year built as unknown.1 It names the Mississippi Forestry Commission as the administrator.1 The commission's own website says it works to protect forestland from wildfires, but the page we read does not mention this tower.2

Jason Johns nominated the tower, and the register recorded it on July 10, 2022.1 The register's entry, tied to a site visit on July 9, 2022, says the commission has left the site and that a timber company may own it.1 The register still names the commission as administrator, so the record disagrees with itself on who runs the site.1

We found no record of who staffed the tower, which fires it watched, or its condition after the 2022 visit. Ownership is uncertain, so check with the Mississippi Forestry Commission or the landowner before going onto the land, and do not climb the tower.1

  1. Poplar Creek Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/poplar-creek-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Protection, Management & Information, Mississippi Forestry Commission, https://www.mfc.ms.gov/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

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