Fire lookout · Holmes County, Mississippi
Providence Lookout Tower
100ft Aermotor LS-40 in Holmes County, MS, administered by the MFC; NHLR-registered July 2023 as US 1734, MS 51. Writer could not reach it on foot; no build date or condition 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
- Trail
- No obvious trail to the base, in a very densely wooded area. The register writer could not reach the tower on foot.
- Staffing
- Unknown
Facts
- Status
- Type
- Cab on a tower100-foot Aermotor LS-40The design: Aermotor LS-40
- Built of
- SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
- Built
- Unknown
- Height
- 100 ft (30.5 m)
- Elevation
- 381 ft (116 m)
- Agency
- Mississippi Forestry Commission (per register)
- Land
- Unknown
- Location
- Holmes County, Mississippi
- Coordinates
- 33.24382, −90.12961
- Registers
- This entry
- VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
- Firefinder id
us-ms-providence
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History
Then and now
- 2023 Condition assessmentRegister writer's site visit on July 2, 2023 found the tower in a densely wooded area and could not reach it on footSource: nhlr.org
- 2023 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered July 5, 2023 as US 1734, MS 51; 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 Providence Lookout Tower is in Holmes County, Mississippi, at an elevation of 381 feet, or 116 meters.1 The National Historic Lookout Register lists it as US 1734, MS 51 and describes a 100-foot Aermotor LS-40.1 The register says the Mississippi Forestry Commission administers it.1
The register gives no build date and lists the year built as unknown. We found no other source that gives one.1
Jason Johns nominated the tower, and the register recorded it on July 5, 2023.1 The register's entry, tied to a site visit on July 2, 2023, says thick woods surround the tower and no clear path leads to its base. The writer could not reach it on foot.1
The register does not say who staffed the tower, which fires it watched, or what condition it is in today. We found no other source on those points.
Because the tower is in dense woods with no clear path to it, a visit could be hard even with permission. Check with the Mississippi Forestry Commission before going there, and do not climb the tower.1
- Providence Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/providence-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, 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
- Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, 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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