MOUNT TIMPANOGOS
Utah County
July 21, 1927: "Mt. Timpanogos will have a lookout station within the near future, according to officials here of the United States Forest Service. The structure, according to present plans, will be of steel frame glass. Arrows will be bolted to the framework as airline markers." (Ogden Standard)
September 24, 1927: "Under the direction of Ranger V.N. West, the lookout station atop Mt. Timpanogos has been completed, reports E.C. Shepard, Wasatch forest supervisor. The station is constructed of glass and steel and is 12,008 feet above sea level.
Dugway mountain, 90 miles away in the West desert, is the most distant point to be seen in this direction, while King's peak, 72 miles to the east, is also visible." (Ogden Standard)
DESIGNATION - TIMPANOGOS
PID - LO0769
STATE/COUNTY- UT/UTAH
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TIMPANOGOS CAVE (1993) LO0769
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1937 (FGJ)
STATION ABOUT 11 MILES N OF PROVO, AND 8 MILES E OF AMERICAN
FORK, ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF TIMPANOGOS MT.
STATION MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL
HOLE IN THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER.
REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS WEDGED IN DRILL
HOLES IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK.
AZIMUTH MARK COVERED WITH SNOW, AND COULD NOT BE FOUND.
TO REACH FROM HEBER--GO SW ON U 7 14.8 MILES TO WILDWOOD RESORT
AND PAVED ROAD LEADING RIGHT. GO RIGHT 4.85 MILES TO ASPEN
GROVE STORE AND ENTRANCE TO WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST. CONTINUE
ON MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD 4.3 MILES TO SUMMIT DIVIDE. CONTINUE
ON MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD 2.6 MILES TO FORKS. TAKE LEFT FORK 0.35
MILE TO SIGN (TIMPANOGOS TRAIL), END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FOLLOW
WELL CONSTRUCTED TRAIL (FOOT) TO LOOKOUT STATION, DISTANCE 7
MILES.