High Rocks

MAPS
Select one of the following maps to display this waypoint (WGS84).

• Google map road/image/topo/terrain with tower waypoints, with street view you can sometimes see roadside towers
• caltopo shaded topo or leafletjs map (non google)
• topoquest (quad name)
• Java USGS topo map or aerial image with nearby towers, distance tool (deprecated)
• GSMNP 1997 trail map or Google map
• older GSMNP trail/topo maps: 1974 1949 1931
• Road maps: MapQuest or OSM or Google or bing or driving directions
• more maps weather

GPS

• download just this waypoint or nearby waypoints (gpx) or download towers.gpx or towers.mxf
• send waypoint to your Garmin GPS
• free pc-to-gps software EasyGPS

Remarks:

The steps, the footings, and the old ranger cabin still remain (in disrepair), but the tower was removed in the late 1980s. See George Ellison article

Below the evolution of towers at High Rocks from 1930 photos from NPS archives courtesy of Peter Barr

   © Tom Dunigan