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Fire lookout · Rankin County, Mississippi

Shiloh Lookout Tower

Rankin County, MS 100 ft Aermotor tower, NHLR-registered 2022 as US 1660; all stairs intact on a 7/9/22 visit; the Mississippi Forestry Commission has vacated the site.

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 ft Aermotor tower with a straight internal staircase of 14 landings and 15 flightsThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
612 ft (187 m)
Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Rankin County, Mississippi
Coordinates
32.22782, −89.83740
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ms-shiloh

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History

Then and now

  1. 2022 Condition assessmentRegister site visit recorded as 7/9/22; all stairs intactSource: nhlr.org
  2. 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered July 10, 2022 as US 1660, MS 26; nominated by Jason JohnsSource: nhlr.org
  3. 2022 EventAs of the register visit, the Mississippi Forestry Commission had vacated the site; the register does not say whenSource: nhlr.org
  4. 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 register lists the Shiloh Lookout Tower in Rankin County, Mississippi, as US 1660, MS 26.1 It is a 100-foot Aermotor tower, and the register gives no build date for it.1 OpenStreetMap maps the structure as a lattice tower.2

Inside, a straight staircase climbs through 14 landings and 15 flights.1 On a visit recorded as 7/9/22, the register found every stair still intact.1 The register does not name anyone who staffed the tower or any fire it watched.1

The register says the Mississippi Forestry Commission has vacated the site, but it does not say when that happened.1 We found no other published account of the tower's history.1

The register added the tower on July 10, 2022, and lists the forestry commission as its administrator.1 We found nothing about public access today, so please do not climb it.1 Ask the forestry commission before visiting the site.1

  1. Shiloh Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/shiloh-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Shiloh Lookout Tower, OpenStreetMap, https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/357997248 (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

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