GA3395 lookout tower - Hawkins County, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Official Description:
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

The 20' high firetower is shorter than you expect as only needed to be secured to the rock outcropping to observe vast expanses of rolling countryside. The wood parts (decking, ladder) have rotted, thus not safe to enter. The access to this location is through private property, thus prior permission required. It is a 1.5 mile hike with 1400 ft elevation gain (steep!) which was done with BSA Troop 48 to create this waymark.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Lookout Tower County: Hawkins County Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: GA3395 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.