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Lookouts we can't place yet in Oklahoma
7 lookouts in Oklahoma 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.
1 more in Oklahoma are on the map at approximate locations: no source gives their position either, but the USGS gazetteer has exactly one summit, ridge or similar high point of the same name in their county, so they are shown there with a dashed marker and an Unverified badge.
The list
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Big Eagle Mountain
Oklahoma, county not recorded
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No source says which county it was in, so we cannot look it up.
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Black Fork Mountain
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
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.
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Broken Bow
McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Broken Bow. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Broken Bow on the map.
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Crows Nest
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
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.
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Round Mountain
Adair County, Oklahoma
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.
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Tom
McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Tom. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Tom on the map.
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Walnut Mountain
Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
A lookout already on the map stands 21 m from Walnut Mountain: Polecat Peak. It may be this one under another name.