Full Description
A hiking guide and photography book on North Carolina's lookout towers.
In the 1920s and 1930s, forestry organizations built dozens of lookout structures in Western North Carolina as the backbone of a firefighting system. Many of these lookouts survive in North Carolina today— they represent some of the best destinations for hikers who want to see the incredible vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Part hiking guide and part photography collection, this book contains wonderful stories about the history and folklore of the lookouts and their fire lookout inhabitants, a detailed guide of hikes to each, and details about the views at the top—all provided by a local, long-term land preservationist and lookout fanatic, Peter J. Barr. Barr's text is augmented by the amazing full-color photographs of well-known nature photographer Kevin Adams (North Carolina Waterfalls).
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Forest Fire Lookout Association
History of Lookout Towers
How to Use This Guide
A Note from the Photographer
List of Lookout Towers
Nantahala National Forest
Wayah Bald
Albert Mountain
Wesser Bald
Joanna Bald
Cowee Bald
Yellow Mountain
Panther Top
Little Scaly
Great Smoky Mountains
Shuckstack
Clingmans Dome
Mount Cammerer
Mount Sterling
Barnett Knob
Bald & Newfound Mountains
Rich Mountain
Camp Creek Bald
Duckett Top
Chambers Mountain
Blue Ridge & Black Mountains
Fryingpan Mountain
Bearwallow Mountain
Sassafras Mountain
Spivey Mountain
Mount Mitchell
Green Knob
Little Snowball
Northwestern High Country & Piedmont
Flat Top Mountain
Rendezvous Mountain
Moores Knob
Shepherd Mountain
Former Lookout Tower Sites with Spectacular Views
Haoe Bald
High Rocks
Standing Indian Mountain
Satulah Mountain
High Top
Pilot Mountain
Table Rock Mountain
Mount Jefferson
Western North Carolina Historical Towers
Appendix 1: Lookout Tower Challenge
Appendix 2: Western NC Restricted Lookout Towers
Appendix 3: Western NC Removed Lookout Towers
Author & Photographer Bios
Index
