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Fire lookout · Washington County, Mississippi

Washington (Wilmont) Lookout Tower

Also known as Wilmot

Mississippi Forestry Commission 100 ft Aermotor tower near Wilmot, completed by Oct 1961; NHLR 2022 site visit says site appears privately owned.

Private land

No public access. Please do not trespass; view it only from public land. NHLR says the site appears to be privately owned. Do not encourage visits.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Private land. See the warning at the top of this page.

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 small cabin on topThe design: Aermotor
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1961
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
110 ft (34 m)
Agency
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Washington County, Mississippi
Coordinates
33.29910, −90.93628
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ms-washington-wilmont

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History

Then and now

  1. 1961 BuiltCompleted by October 1961, per a Delta Democrat item dated October 18, 1961, reproduced on the Forest Lookouts pageSource: easternuslookouts.weebly.com
  2. No record between 1961 and 2022
  3. 2022 Condition assessmentNHLR site visit recorded 7/8/22Source: nhlr.org
  4. 2022 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered on the National Historic Lookout Register July 10, 2022Source: nhlr.org
  5. 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 Mississippi Forestry Commission put up a lookout tower in Washington County, on a road running between Wilmot and the Swiftwater Church.1 A Delta Democrat item dated October 18, 1961, reproduced on the Forest Lookouts site, reports that the tower had been completed.1 The same item describes a small cabin on top, with glass windows and a trapdoor that swings up. It says the tower would be used in fire season, November to March, to watch for fires across the county.1

The register describes a 100-foot Aermotor tower.2 It gives the build date as unknown, so the 1961 item is the only dated source for construction.2,1

The register spells the name Wilmont, while the 1961 item and the Forest Lookouts page use Wilmot.2,1

The register entry rests on a site visit recorded on July 8, 2022, and the tower was registered on July 10, 2022.2 The sources I could read give no condition after that visit, so the tower's present state is not confirmed.2,1

Today the register says the site appears to be privately owned.2 Treat it as off limits unless the owner gives permission, and do not climb the tower.

  1. Wilmot, Forest Lookouts (Eastern US Lookouts), https://easternuslookouts.weebly.com/wilmot.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Washington (Wilmont) Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ms/washington-wilmont-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Washington (Wilmont) Lookout Tower
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Washington (Wilmont) 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. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) Gave us: 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
  3. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, access, 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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