GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
ARTIC
Department of Natural Resources
16N-9W-14
16N-9W-14
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (RAG)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF A LOGGED-OFF HILL AND LIES
ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN, ABOUT 2.5 MILES WEST OF ARCTIC
AND 63 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE STATE FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER
NAMED ARCTIC.
TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAY NUMBER 101 AND
STATE HIGHWAY NUMBER 13-A, AT THE SOUTH END OF THE BRIDGE WHICH
SPANS THE CHEHALIS RIVER IN ABERDEEN. GO SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY
NUMBER 101 FOR 7.8 MILES TO THE SERVICE STATION AT ARCTIC.
CONTINUE SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY NUMBER 101 FOR 1.0 MILE. TURN
RIGHT, ONTO A GRADED ROAD, AND GO WESTERLY FOR 2.2 MILES. CROSS
OVER A WOODEN BRIDGE AND CONTINUE WESTERLY FOR 1.9 MILES. TAKE
THE RIGHT HAND FORK, PASS THROUGH A LOCKED GATE, (STATE FOREST
SERVICE KEY REQUIRED) AND GO NORTHERLY, ON THE
MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD, FOR 2.1 MILES TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND
THE STATION.