VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
BALD KNOB
Bath County
Virginia Department of Forestry
Virginia Department of Forestry
CBN - This is a Cooperative Base Network Control Station.
DESIGNATION - BALD KNOB RESET
PID - GW2278
STATE/COUNTY- VA/BATH
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HEALING SPRINGS (1983)
STATION RECOVERY (1935)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (JSB)
THE STATION RECOVERED AND ALL MARKS FOUND AS DESCRIBED. THE
STATION IS ABOUT 175 PACES N 26 DEG E MAGNETIC FROM THE
FIRE TOWER AND 11 PACES TO WESTWARD (RIGHT) OF THE ROAD LEADING
TO THE FIRE TOWER. THE FIRE TOWER IS ON THE HIGHEST PART OF
THE KNOB. THE GROUND SLOPES FROM THE TOWER TO THE STATION
AND THE GROUND AT THE STATION IS ABOUT 20 FEET LOWER THAN THE
GROUND AT THE TOWER. ALL TIMBER AND BRUSH HAS BEEN CLEARED
FROM THE HIGHEST PART OF THE KNOB. ONLY SMALL BRUSH AND
TIMBER ON SLOPES. GROUND CLEAR AROUND THE STATION. ALL LINES
CLEAR FROM THE GROUND.
TO REACH, GO TO HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. TAKE AIRPORT ROAD
THROUGH ENTRANCE TO HOMESTEAD HOTEL AND GO 8.0 MILES TO THE
FIRE TOWER AND STATION. GOOD ALL WEATHER ROAD FROM THE HOTEL
TO THE STATION.