At one time Michigan had several lookout towers for rangers to watch the forests for fires. The Udell Lookout Tower is the only remining lookout tower still standing in the Lower Peninsula. It reaches 100 feet into the sky and was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1936. It was used until the 1960s when airplanes were used to spot forest fires. The first set of stairs has been removed and no one is allowed to climb the tower but it is nifty to look up at it and wonder what it must have been like to sit up there all day looking for signs of smoke. You can get to the tower from M-55 down Fire Tower Rd.
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