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Look See Tree is a
lookout tree A lookout tree is a simple fire lookout tower created by attaching a ladder or a series of spikes to a tall straight tree with a view of the surrounding lands, allowing rangers or fire crews to conveniently climb the tree to survey their surroundin ...
located at the southwest corner of
Arkansas Highway 83 Arkansas Highway 83 (AR 83, Ark. 83 and Hwy. 83) is the designation for a state highway in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The route is mainly located in Southeast Arkansas, and is split into two sections. The first and longest section begin ...
and Pleasant Springs Road in
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,
Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...
. The tree was used as a fire lookout for roughly ten to fifteen years from c. 1930 to c. 1940. As the tree was the tallest tree in what was at the time an open area, it provided an inexpensive lookout for Arkansas Forestry Commission rangers. The tree was fitted with climbing pegs, a platform, and a telephone line which connected to a ranger station. A fire tower eventually assumed the tree's function, but the pegs and platform were left in the tree. The Look See Tree was, as of 2006, the only remaining lookout tree in Arkansas. The Look See Tree was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on January 23, 2008.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Drew County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Drew County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Drew County, Arkansas ...


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Fire lookout towers in Arkansas Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Drew County, Arkansas Lookout trees Individual trees in the United States {{DrewCountyAR-NRHP-stub