USFS Compass Rose at Pinnacle Mountain Tower - Unicoi, TN
Posted by: 
vhasler
N 36° 13.028 W 082° 22.220
17S E 376831 N 4008902
Compass rose inside renovated fire tower
Waymark Code: WMD1QK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2011
Views: 8
To support ecotourism in an area where most of the land is within national forests, the
Pinnacle Mountain Fire Tower was renovated into an excellent observation platform with views of the surrounding mountain ridges. Inside the refurbished cab, the US Forest Service painted a compass rose to orient viewers to the cardinal directions.
(A map or information pointing out the ranges would be great addition to this observation platform. Our group was able to identify the main ridges as we had hiked on them in the past.)