Discovery Park Radar Tower

 

7/7/26 Discovery Park

Since I hadn’t been to Discovery Park in many years (since 2012, according to my blog), I ended up hiking on many incorrect trails to find this view of the 100-foot Ft. Lawton radar tower. Now a landmark historic site, the US Air Force’s Cold War “Radome” operated from 1960 to 1963.

I can see this "golf ball" from my house in Maple Leaf seven miles away! My intention was to make a larger color sketch, but with no shade, I never got past this thumbnail study. I’ll go back on a less sunny day to sketch it again.