NORTH CAROLINA LOOKOUTS
BENNS KNOB
Cleveland / Burke Counties
North Carolina Forest Service
North Carolina Forest Service
1958-60: "Tower cabin constructed at Benns Knob on the Cleveland-Burke county line." (Biennial Report of the Department of Conservation and Development)
DESIGNATION - BENN RESET
PID - FA3451
STATE/COUNTY- NC/CLEVELAND
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BENN KNOB (1984)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1975
BENN 1933 TOP OF MARK KNOCKED OFF, RESET BY NCGS IN 1975. BENN RM 1
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. BENN RM 2 DESTROYED. BENN RM 3
(AZ. MARK) UNABLE TO LOCATE, PROBABLY LOST.
STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.0 AIR MILES ESE OF INTERSECTION OF
BURKE, CLEVELAND AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE, 12.4 MILES S OF
MORGANTON AND ON BENNS KNOB ADJACENT TO FIRE TOWER. TO REACH STATION
FROM THE ENTRANCE TO PINE LAKES ESTATES ON SR 1901, PROCEED
WESTERLY ALONG PRIVATE ROAD FOR 0.9 MILE TO ROAD LEFT AT MAIN
OFFICE, THENCE SOUTH ALONG PAVED ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO PINE
MOUNTAIN DRIVE RIGHT (UPGRADE), THENCE SOUTHWEST ALONG PINE MOUNTAIN
DRIVE FOR 3.6 MILES TO GATE, CONTINUE WESTERLY ALONG RIDGE ROAD
FOR 1.15 MILE TO CURVE RIGHT AND FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK UPGRADE FOR
0.15 MILE TO N. C. FOREST SERVICE TOWER AND STATION APPROXIMATELY
20 FEET NORTH OF TOWER.