KENTUCKY LOOKOUTS
ASHER
Caldwell County
Removed
DESIGNATION - ASHER LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HA1640
STATE/COUNTY- KY/CALDWELL
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - OLNEY (1967)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (VBM)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE TOWER, LOCATED ABOUT
7-1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PRINCETON, ABOUT 7-1/2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DALTON. IT IS A 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WITH A METAL
OBSERVATION ROOM AT THE TOP. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 80 FEET.
TO REACH FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE IN PRINCETON, GO NORTH ON
U.S. HIGHWAY 62 (NORTH JEFFERSON STREET) FOR 0.3 MILE TO THE
JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 293. CONTINUE NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 293
FOR 4.25 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT (STATE HIGHWAY 1119).
CONTINUE NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 293 FOR 3.75 MILES TO A GARAGE ON THE
LEFT, A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AND THE LOOKOUT TOWER ABOUT 50 YARDS ON
THE RIGHT.