Information
Names: Wyandotte, O’Bannon Woods
Location: O’Bannon Woods State Park (previously part of Harrison-Crawford State Forest)
County: Harrison (the only tower in this county)
Topo quad: Leavenworth
Condition: Standing; climbable up into cab.
Maps
Note that the current roads around the tower are different than they were in these 1950 maps.
Links
National Historic Lookout Register page for O’Bannon Woods tower
Living New Deal page for O’Bannon Woods State Park Fire Tower
National Geodetic Survey mark datasheet for LOOKOUT (JA0493)
Data
| Coordinates | Latitude | Longitude |
| My coordinates (unofficial) (Google Maps) | 38.19995 | -86.26832 |
| NHLR coordinates (Google Maps) | N 38° 11.997′ | W 086° 16.099′ |
| NGS datasheet (Google Maps) | 38 11 58.99702(N) | 086 16 05.52250(W) |
Personal photos
History
Erected: 1932; rebuilt 1941
A May 1980 OI article about “Wyandotte Woods” mentions work that was started in 1977, including: “The old gravel road around the Wyandotte firetower was asphalted and rerouted”.
