Details: Elba Fire Tower

May 1, 2015 at 4:37PM

Tower facts

Built in 1933.

Located 107 miles southeast of Minneapolis, 26 miles east of Rochester, and 4 miles north of Whitewater State Park, just east of the intersection of Winona County Road 26 and Hwy. 74.

Open for climbing April through October, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Climbing in windy or rainy weather discouraged. Free.

637 steps to bluff top.

135 steps in tower to lookout.

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