WEST VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
NATHANIEL MOUNTAIN
Hampshire County
West Virginia Division of Forestry
West Virginia Division of Forestry
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - NATHANIEL MOUNTAIN LOT 1941
PID - JW1456
STATE/COUNTY- WV/HAMPSHIRE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SECTOR (1971)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL)
STATION IS THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON TOP OF NATHANIEL
MOUNTAIN WHICH IS
ABOUT 5 MILES W OF THE SETTLEMENT OF KIRBY. IT
IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE, ABOUT
90 FEET HIGH, AND HAS A GLASS
ENCLOSED CAB AT THE TOP.
STATION RECOVERY (1948)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1948
STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NAME OF TOWER IS NOW
HAMPSHIRE TOWER.