TN lookout tower: NCT002 Mt Sterling

Tennessee lookout towers

WGS84
35.7022	-83.1222
35° 42.132'N	83° 7.332'W
35° 42' 7.9"N	83° 7' 19.9"W
17S 308001E 3952995N
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Mt Sterling

Waypoint: NCT002 35.7022,-83.1222
County: NC
Elevation: 5842'
Info: FB2455 gsmnp standing
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Remarks:

This 60' tower was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and according to Peter Barr, author of Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers, it sits at the highest elevation (5842') of any of the remaining fire towers in the eastern US. See article Wikipedia info and hike to Mt Sterling.

the tower at sunset

cabin from 1977

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