Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers

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Using this excellent field guide, visitors may visit those relics of nearly 70 years of fire detection in the North Carolina mountains. Providing histories, photos, hikes and maps, this guide is invaluable for hikers planning visits. Entries describe construction, many with a photo of the original, and – most importantly – the peaks visible in all directions.

“Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers,” by Peter J. Barr. Copyright 2008, John F. Blair, Publisher. 272 pages. Softcover, $14.95. blairpub.com, 800-222-9796.