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Lookouts we can't place yet in Illinois

5 lookouts in Illinois are named by our sources, but none says where they stood, so they are not on the map. Know where one stood? Use its Suggest a location button: it opens a short form on GitHub with the lookout filled in.

The list

1. Massac

   Massac County, Illinois

   Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)

   The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.

   Suggest a location for Massac (opens GitHub)

2. New Orient Mine

   Franklin County, Illinois

   Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)

   The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.

   Suggest a location for New Orient Mine (opens GitHub)

3. Pere Marquette State Park

   Jersey County, Illinois

   Listed by FFLA (opens another site), FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)

   Its name says only “lookout” or “tower”, so there is nothing to look up.

   Suggest a location for Pere Marquette State Park (opens GitHub)

4. Sand Ridge State Forest

   Mason County, Illinois

   Listed by FFLA (opens another site), FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)

   Its name says only “lookout” or “tower”, so there is nothing to look up.

   Suggest a location for Sand Ridge State Forest (opens GitHub)

5. Union Forest

   Union County, Illinois

   Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)

   The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.

   Suggest a location for Union Forest (opens GitHub)

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