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The replacement lookout, a three-story structure, was built by the Flatwoods Job Corps in 1978–79. High Knob's fire tower is listed in the National Historic Lookout Registry. [5] On October 31, 2007, the High Knob Lookout Tower was destroyed by arson. The tower was set on fire in the early hours of Halloween morning. By the time the Jefferson ...
The Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower in the extreme western region of Mount Rainier National Park at an elevation of 5,485 feet (1,672 m). [2] One of four fire lookouts remaining in the park, the lookout is used for visitor services during summer weekends.
Hickory Knob – 3,309 feet (1,009 m) Smith Knob; Chestnut Knob; High Top (Lookout Tower) Chestnut Levels; Mad Tom; Mad Sheep – 4,225 feet (1,288 m) Paddy Knob – 4,477 feet (1,365 m) Bald Knob; Watering Pond Knob; Bear Mountain; Top of Allegheny (site of Camp Allegheny battlefield) Tamarack Ridge; Grassy Knob
This includes lookout cabins without towers which are perched high and do not require further elevation to serve for their purpose, and also includes notable lookout trees. There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons [1] staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. [2]
Roan High Knob, located between Carver's Gap and Tollhouse, is the highest point on Roan Mountain with an elevation of 6,277 feet (1,913 m). The Tennessee-North Carolina border crosses its summit. High Knob is the highest point in Tennessee outside of the Great Smoky Mountains. [10] and the 15th-highest peak in the eastern United States. [11]
Pine Mountain is a long, narrow ridge starting in northern Tennessee and extending northeastward into southeastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia. Its southwestern terminus is near Pioneer, Tennessee, and it extends approximately 122 miles (196 km) to the northeast to near the Breaks Interstate Park in Kentucky and Virginia.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. Knob is used in the name of many geographical features: Knob Creek can refer to any of several streams by that name Knob Fork, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States Knob Hill, a neighborhood in central Colorado Springs, Colorado Knob ...
The 140-acre (57 ha) Gaudineer Scenic Area is situated immediately north of Gaudineer Knob at about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) elevation. It was established in 1964 and was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1974 owing to a 50-acre (20 ha) virgin red spruce stand that was spared the lumberman's saw when the surrounding countryside was clear-cut in the early 20th century.