Virginia Fire Towers (by County)

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Lookout Structures and Sites
CountyTower NameLatLongTypeStatusNHLR / FFLOS
AccomackHallwood37.87658-75.59448TowerStanding
AccomackMelfa37.64133-75.76971TowerStanding
AlbemarleCarters Mountain37.98015-78.48907TowerGoneFFLOS US 2098, VA 46
NHLR US 1410, VA 42
AlbemarleHeards Mountain37.92996-78.73889TowerGone
AlleghanyBig Ridge37.69107-80.26691TowerGoneFFLOS US 1722, VA 24
AlleghanyBrushy Mountain37.81035-80.15534TowerGoneFFLOS US 923, VA 9
AlleghanyMorning Knob37.71408-80.11286TowerGone
AlleghanyPeters Mountain37.72055-80.14389UnknownGone
AlleghanySkyline
(Gathright)
37.84609-79.94129TowerGone
Alleghany /
Bath
White Rock37.83849-79.68592TowerGoneFFLOS US 1706, VA 13
AmeliaAmelia37.33242-77.98437TowerGoneFFLOS US 1727, VA 29
AmeliaDenaro37.24910-77.99065TowerGone
AmherstBuffalo Ridge37.52968-78.97911TowerGone
AmherstPage Mountain37.74182-79.11510UnknownGone
Amherst /
Rockbridge
Rocky Mountain37.79556-79.18008TowerGone
AmherstTobacco Row37.56552-79.19042TowerStandingNHLR US 1274, VA 40
AppomattoxPiney Mountain37.43541-78.80471TowerStandingNHLR US 761, VA 9
Augusta /
Nelson
Bald Mountain37.91723-79.06331TowerGoneFFLOS US 1715, VA 17
FFLOS US 1725, VA 27
AugustaElliott Knob38.16650-79.31407TowerStandingNHLR US 87, VA 2
AugustaHankey Mountain38.31816-79.24323Tree PlatformGone
AugustaHardscrabble Knob38.36751-79.32037TowerGoneFFLOS US 1597, VA 11
AugustaReddish Knob38.46261-79.24192TowerGoneFFLOS US 523, VA 1
AugustaSignal Corps Knob38.28909-79.38708TowerGone
BathBack Creek MountainUnknown Tower?Gone
BathBald Knob37.92427-79.85195TowerStandingNHLR US 907, VA 10
BathDuncan Knob38.16447-79.70526TowerStandingNHLR US 1165, VA 31
BathFlag Rock38.04245-79.77275TowerGone
BathHigh Top38.06931-79.95608TowerGoneFFLOS US 1707, VA 14
Bath /
Rockbridge
Mill Mountain38.07240-79.49338TowerGoneFFLOS US 1708, VA 15
Bath /
Augusta
Wallace Peak38.15265-79.53195TowerGone
BedfordApple Orchard Mountain37.51730-79.51041TowerGoneFFLOS US 1726, VA 28
BedfordBedford37.32076-79.52295TowerStandingNHLR US 1037, VA 17
BedfordSharp Top
(Peaks of Otter)
37.43362-79.60488TowerGone
BedfordSmith Mountain37.04917-79.52667TowerStandingNHLR US 1793, VA 48
BlandHigh Rock37.10854-80.97053TowerGoneFFLOS US 698, VA 3
BlandRound Mountain37.15496-81.19424TowerGone
Bland /
Wythe
Walker Mountain36.96558-81.35196TowerGoneFFLOS US 697, VA 2
BotetourtEagle Rock Mountain37.63221-79.83051TowerGone
BotetourtFullhart Knob37.39861-79.85378TowerGone
BotetourtPurgatory37.56238-79.68905TowerGone
BrunswickPleasant Shade
(North Brunswick)
36.76119-77.66281TowerGoneNHLR US 195, VA 5
BrunswickWhite Plains
(South Brunswick)
36.63089-77.94192TowerGone
BuchananGrundy Airport37.23083-82.12501TowerGone
BuchananHigh Knob-Leemaster
(Buchanan High Knob)
37.18611-82.14917TowerStandingNHLR US 1170, VA 36
BuchananHurley37.40622-82.03995TowerGone
BuchananKeen Mountain37.23260-81.93196TowerStanding
BuckinghamBuffards Mountain
(Buckingham)
37.58022-78.41107TowerStanding
BuckinghamHoliday Lake37.43819-78.66438TowerGone
BuckinghamSpears Mountain37.56175-78.76291TowerGoneFFLOS US 1936, VA 39
BuckinghamWillis Mountain37.46361-78.46389TowerGone
CampbellLong Mountain
(Rustburg)
37.28583-79.08991TowerGoneFFLOS US 1935, VA 38
CarolineBaylor
(Caroline)
38.00127-77.33452TowerGoneFFLOS US 1717, VA 19
Carroll /
Surrey (NC)
Fisher Peak36.56005-80.82324TowerGone
CarrollLongshoal36.87143-80.71913TowerGone
Charles CityCharles City
(Roaches Corner)
37.39068-77.05335TowerStanding
CharlotteCrafton Gate36.90965-78.52834TowerStandingNHLR US 1035, VA 15
CharlottePhenix37.07473-78.69642TowerStanding*
Chesapeake (City of)Bowers Hill36.78812-76.41062TowerGone
Chesapeake (City of)Wallaceton (Loc 1)36.58743-76.38678TowerGone
Chesapeake (City of)Wallaceton (Loc 2)36.59963-76.38082TowerGone
ChesterfieldChesterfield
(Beach)
37.35030-77.62454TowerGone
CraigBald Mountain37.61496-80.03707TowerGoneFFLOS US 1724, VA 26
CraigEarn Knob37.44170-80.18111TowerGoneFFLOS US 1731, VA 32
CraigKelly Knob37.35592-80.44091TowerGone
CraigPotts Mountain37.54191-80.21801TowerGone
CraigRocky Gap37.37278-80.43972TowerGone
Craig /
Montgomery
Sinking Creek Mountain37.33277-80.38917TowerGone
CulpeperCulpeper
(Richardsville)
38.40852-77.75342TowerStandingNHLR US 1168, VA 34
CumberlandCumberland
(Cumberland Ct House)
37.49638-78.24386TowerStandingNHLR US 1082, VA 25
DickensonBartlick
(Wildcat)
37.23803-82.26869TowerGoneFFLOS US 1723, VA 25
Dickenson /
Pike (KY)
Birch Knob
(Pine Mountain)
37.23796-82.45809TowerGoneFFLOS US 1634, VA 12
DickensonKeel37.13550-82.45827TowerGone
DickensonNealy Ridge37.13570-82.33777TowerGone
Dickenson /
Pike (KY)
Skeetrock37.26007-82.38343UnknownGone
DinwiddieDewitt
(Dinwiddie)
37.04203-77.63986TowerStandingNHLR US 1164, VA 30
EssexCaret
(Upper Essex)
37.98414-77.04153TowerStanding
EssexCenter Cross
(Lower Essex)
37.78837-76.78082TowerStanding
FairfaxPender38.87256-77.36813TowerGoneFFLOS US 1937, VA 40
FauquierCooperstown
(Fauquier)
38.52661-77.56421TowerGone
FloydBuffalo Mountain36.79601-80.47612TowerGoneFFLOS US 1719, VA 21
FloydHaycock Knob
(Pocket Ridge)
36.86664-80.25378TowerStandingNHLR US 1166, VA 32
FluvannaCentral Plains
(Fluvanna)
37.80315-78.33628TowerStandingNHLR US 1169, VA 35
FranklinCahas Mountain
(Adney Gap)
37.11694-80.01583TowerGoneFFLOS US 1718, VA 20
FranklinGrassy Hill37.02430-79.89357TowerGone
FrederickGreat North Mountain
(North Mountain)
39.22102-78.33779TowerStanding
GilesButt Mountain37.36917-80.62310TowerStandingNHLR US 997, VA 11
GilesFlat Top
(Sugar Run)
37.24751-80.85479TowerGone
GilesStony Creek
(Big Stony)
37.41566-80.51283TowerGone
GloucesterArk
(Gloucester)
37.43829-76.57855TowerStandingNHLR US 1408, VA 41
GoochlandEast Leake (Loc 1)37.81278-77.95300TowerGone
GoochlandEast Leake
(Gum Spring)
37.79403-77.92526TowerGone
Grayson /
Wythe
Comers Rock36.76431-81.22843GroundGoneFFLOS US 727, VA 7
GraysonJones Knob36.76579-81.07284TowerGoneFFLOS US 726, VA 6
Greene /
Buckingham
Hightop Mountain38.33648-78.55167TowerGone
GreeneQuinque38.25090-78.41045TowerGone
HalifaxAlton
(Cluster Springs)
36.60055-78.98112TowerStandingNHLR US 1038, VA 18
HalifaxHalifax36.77959-78.90574TowerGone
HalifaxSouth Boston36.67284-78.86059TowerGone
HalifaxVolens36.93266-79.01329TowerGone
HanoverNegrofoot
(Upper Hanover)
37.82651-77.59598TowerGone
HanoverPeaks
(Lower Hanover)
37.72286-77.36418TowerGone
HenricoMeadows
(Lower Henrico)
37.51058-77.23874TowerStandingNHLR US 1489, VA 43
HenricoShort Pump
(Upper Henrico)
37.64963-77.60235TowerGone
HenryChestnut Knob36.61351-79.91794TowerGoneFFLOS US 1933, VA 36
Henry /
Franklin
Turkeycock Mountain36.82143-79.70826TowerGone
Highland /
Pocahontas (WV)
Paddy Knob38.26588-79.79594TowerGoneFFLOS US 1653, VA 46
HighlandRiven Rock38.42428-79.50149UnknownGone
HighlandSounding Knob38.34636-79.59001TowerGone**
Isle of WightIsle of Wight
(Windsor)
36.88896-76.73167TowerGone
James CityJames City
(Toano)
37.43441-76.83196TowerStandingNHLR US 1704, VA 45
James CityWilliamsburg37.25476-76.69500TowerGone
King & QueenShacklefords
(King and Queen)
37.54693-76.73986TowerGone
King GeorgeKing George
(Circle)
38.26899-77.13837TowerGone
King WilliamKing William37.68732-77.01569TowerStandingNHLR US 1775, VA 46
LeeHunter Gap
(Powell Mountain)
36.62869-83.08825TowerStanding
LeeJasper Cliff
(Cliff Mountain)
36.77409-82.81047TowerGoneFFLOS US 922, VA 8
LeeOlinger Top36.81205-82.91691TowerGone
LeePine Knob36.77115-83.05035TowerGone
Lee /
Harlan (KY)
White Rock36.66512-83.45197TowerGone
LoudonShort Hill
(Loudon)
39.18740-77.73504TowerGone
LouisaLouisa
(Louisa Court House)
38.02766-78.01365TowerStandingNHLR US 99, VA 3
LunenburgLunenburg36.96525-78.27234TowerStandingNHLR US 1167, VA 33
MadisonBlakey Ridge38.42769-78.33747TowerGoneFFLOS US 1714, VA 16
NHLR US 746, VA 8
MadisonFork Mountain38.47914-78.41576TowerGone
MadisonOld Rag Mountain38.55204-78.31435GroundGone
Madison /
Page
Stony Man38.59789-78.37174TowerGone
MathewsMathews37.46018-76.35631TowerStanding
MecklenburgBaskerville
(Mecklenburg)
36.73407-78.27797TowerGone
MiddlesexMiddlesex37.61046-76.64281TowerGone
MontgomeryAllen Field
(Brush Mountain)
37.26338-80.46729TowerGoneFFLOS US 1728, VA 30
MontgomeryGibson Ridge37.11291-80.49853TowerStanding
MontgomeryPoor Mountain37.16249-80.19235TowerGone
NelsonSugar Loaf Mountain
(Nelson)
37.78261-78.82072TowerGone
NorthamptonBirdnest37.43908-75.88067TowerStandingNHLR US 1092, VA 22
NorthumberlandMiskimon37.84089-76.47661TowerStandingNHLR US 1803, VA 49
NottowayBlackstone
(Nottoway)
37.09943-77.97551TowerStandingNHLR US 1036, VA 16
OrangeGibson Mountain
(Orange)
38.18744-78.15752TowerGone
Page /
Shenandoah
Kennedy Peak38.74198-78.487682-storyStanding*
PageMillers Head38.59328-78.39382GroundGone
PagePitt38.55422-78.65863GroundGone
PatrickBull Mountain36.69301-80.22487TowerStandingNHLR US 100, VA 4
PatrickGroundhog Mountain36.64569-80.528382-storyStandingNHLR US 1034, VA 14
PatrickSimmons Mountain36.59766-80.43511TowerGoneFFLOS US 2064, VA 45
PittsylvaniaWhite Oak Mountain36.74208-79.38459TowerGoneFFLOS US 1934, VA 37
PowhatanPowhatan (Loc 1)37.55298-77.93304TowerGone
PowhatanPowhatan
(Powhatan Court House)
37.54759-77.91298TowerGone
Prince EdwardLeigh Mountain37.20389-78.35883TowerStandingNHLR US 1078, VA 24
Prince GeorgeDisputanta
(Prince George)
37.18149-77.21294TowerStandingNHLR US 511, VA 7
Prince WilliamBelfair38.58087-77.43435TowerGone
Prince WilliamBull Run Mountain38.91235-77.66857TowerGoneFFLOS US 1949, VA 42
Prince WilliamCedar Run38.61083-77.55250TowerGone
Prince WilliamIndependent Hill38.65631-77.44150TowerGoneFFLOS US 1952, VA 44
Prince WilliamJoplin38.56061-77.38453TowerGone
Prince WilliamPrince William Forest Park38.56083-77.34807TowerGoneFFLOS US 1950, VA 43
PulaskiPeaks Knob37.02462-80.74621TowerStanding
RappahannockRed Oak Knob38.63271-78.15045GroundStandingNHLR US 1102, VA 26
RoanokeFort Lewis37.32343-80.13276TowerGoneFFLOS US 1730, VA 31
RoanokeMasons Knob37.17472-80.03224TowerGone
RockbridgeBluff Mountain37.66010-79.34646TowerGoneFFLOS US 1721, VA 23
RockbridgeHogback Mountain37.90024-79.48011TowerGone
RockinghamBother Knob38.50749-79.21123TowerGoneFFLOS US 1596, VA 22
RockinghamCow Knob38.69170-79.09067TowerGoneFFLOS US 1733, VA 34
Rockingham /
Pendleton (WV)
High Knob (GWNF)38.56865-79.170632-storyStandingNHLR US 76, VA 1
RockinghamLewis Peak38.28510-78.73086Platform TowerGone
RockinghamRaleigh Springs
(Rawley Springs)
Unknown Tower?Gone
RockinghamThird Hill38.65519-78.92140Tower?Gone
RockinghamTrayfoot Mountain38.22394-78.75069TowerGone
RockinghamWest Mountain38.79652-78.92971Tower?Gone
Russell /
Buchanan
Big A Mountain37.05237-82.03558TowerStanding
RussellHazel Mountain36.99524-82.24555TowerStandingNHLR US 1093, VA 23
ScottBig Knob36.66467-82.50596TowerStandingNHLR US 1192, VA 21
ScottBuckner Ridge36.81265-82.59513TowerGone
ScottOsborne Ridge36.85241-82.52822TowerGone
ShenandoahDeerhead38.80976-78.71712TowerGoneNHLR US 1519, VA 44
Shenandoah /
 Hardy (WV)
Paddy Mountain38.97389-78.59222Tower?Gone
SmythDickey Knob36.75187-81.42950TowerGoneFFLOS US 1732, VA 33
SmythQuebec Knob36.77690-81.52268TowerGone
SouthamptonCapron36.66536-77.22998TowerGone
SouthamptonVicksville
(Southampton)
36.81042-77.02613TowerGone
SpotsylvaniaChancellor
(Spotsylvania)
38.21304-77.72460TowerGoneFFLOS US 1932, VA 35
NHLR US 1191, VA 38
SpotsylvaniaPartlow38.04708-77.64456TowerStandingNHLR US 1163, VA 29
Suffolk (City of)Dismal Swamp36.67912-76.48944TowerStanding
Suffolk (City of)Holland36.66224-76.76154TowerGone
Suffolk (City of)Suffolk
(Magnolia)
36.73441-76.55693TowerGone
SurrySurry
(Elberon)
37.08010-76.88119TowerStandingNHLR US 1789, VA 47
SussexHomeville
(Sussex Courthouse)
36.91977-77.28013TowerStanding
TazewellBearwallow
(Jewell Ridge)
37.22056-81.75083TowerStandingNHLR US 1171, VA 37
TazewellChestnut Mountain37.05785-81.39934TowerGoneFFLOS US 1716, VA 18
TazewellEast River Mountain37.18056-81.37787TowerStanding
TazewellMorris Knob37.04941-81.61697TowerGone
TazewellValley Ridge37.23017-81.47444TowerGone
Warren /
Rappahannock
Hogback Mountain38.76215-78.27443TowerGone
WarrenTrico38.95670-78.02398TowerGoneFFLOS US 1948, VA 41
WashingtonFeather Camp36.66487-81.71768TowerGoneFFLOS US 924, VA 10
WashingtonHayters Knob36.87128-81.97851TowerStandingNHLR US 1051, VA 20
WashingtonMendota36.73078-82.30029TowerStandingNHLR US 1033, VA 13
WestmorelandLyells
(Westmoreland)
38.00428-76.73299TowerGone
WiseBuck Knob37.05414-82.64209TowerGone
WiseBull Hill36.94327-82.37850TowerGone
WiseHigh Knob (JNF)36.89282-82.629493-storyGoneNHLR US 227, VA 6
WiseMoore Knob36.88654-82.52046UnknownGone
WiseStonega36.89721-82.73853TowerGone
WiseWise Mountain36.94287-82.50869TowerGone
WytheBig Bend37.02491-81.17614TowerGoneFFLOS US 700, VA 5
WytheCove Mountain37.03345-80.95505TowerStandingNHLR US 1028, VA 19
WytheSand Mountain36.90754-81.06858TowerGoneFFLOS US 699, VA 4
Unknown (JNF)Crest High PointUnknown UnknownGone
Unknown (JNF)Pine RidgeUnknown UnknownGone
Relocated / Replica Lookouts
CountyTower NameLatLongTypeStatus
CraigRhudy
(Relocated Long Mountain)
37.50403-80.23678TowerStanding
GoochlandField Day of the Past
(Relocated Negrofoot)
37.67619-77.67142TowerGone
GoochlandRassawek
(Relocated East Leake)
37.75534-78.12578TowerStanding
GraysonMatthews State Forest
(Relocated Morris Knob)
36.64290-80.95941TowerStandingNHLR US 1161, VA 27
HenricoGillies Creek
(Relocated Short Pump)
37.53210-77.38343TowerStanding
HighlandSounding Knob
(Relocated on same mountain)
38.39576-79.56404TowerStandingNHLR US 1221, VA 39
MontgomeryHawthorne
(Relocated White Oak Mountain)
37.29108-80.43168TowerStanding
SouthamptonSouthampton Ag & Forestry Center
(Relocated Capron)
36.71223-77.05640TowerStanding
Non-Wildland Lookouts
CountyTower NameLatLongTypeStatusNHLR / FFLOS
Bland /
Wythe
Big Walker Mountain37.04575-81.22835Obs TowerStanding
Dickenson /
Pike (KY)
Birch Knob37.23796-82.45809Obs DeckStanding
ShenandoahWoodstock38.87040-78.44940Obs TowerStandingNHLR US 1032, VA 12
WiseHigh Knob36.89282-82.62949Obs TowerStandingNHLR US 227, VA 6
Unconfirmed Sites
CountyTower NameLatLongTypeStatus
AlleghanyRich Hole
(same as White Rock?)
  TowerDuplicate? 
Botetourte /
Rockbridge
Adcock’s Knob37.73972-79.68250TowerPlanned
DinwiddieMcKenney
(same as Dewitt?)
  TowerDuplicate? 
FairfaxBurke LakeUnconfirmedUnknown
FairfaxTysons Corner
(Freedom Hill)
38.92249-77.24278UnconfirmedUnknown
GilesBig Stony
(same as Stony Creek?)
  TowerDuplicate? 
Madison /
Page
Hawksbill Peak38.55539-78.39501UnconfirmedUnknown
RoanokeMcAfee Knob37.39278-80.03667UnconfirmedUnknown
RockbridgeBig House Mountain37.83101-79.56195UnconfirmedUnknown
ScottCaldwell
(same as Osborne Ridge?)
  TowerDuplicate? 
UnknownRaven Rock 
(same as Sinking Creek?)
  TowerDuplicate? 
WiseCoeburn36.95627-82.44836UnconfirmedUnknown
WiseLittle Stone Mountain
(same as Stonega?)
  TowerDuplicate? 

* Towers that retain their structure and support with the cab no longer in place are denoted as “Standing*