KENTUCKY LOOKOUTS
BERCKMANN (LITTLE BLACK MOUNTAIN)
Harlan County
Standing, per Google earth of 4/4/2023.
DESIGNATION - LITTLE BLACK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GA3476
STATE/COUNTY- KY/HARLAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - EVARTS (1954)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (LWS)
STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF LITTLE BLACK MOUNTAIN,
ABOUT 9 MILES EAST GA3476'OF HARLAN AND 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVARTS. IT
IS A FOURLEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT
100 FEET HIGH AND PAINTED GREY
WITH A SQUARE LOOKOUT CAB ON TOP. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION
WAS MADE FROM
TRIANGULATION STATION LITTLE BLACK AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO
4.1 FEET (1.25 GA3476'METERS). THE POINT TRAVERSED TO AND OBSERVED ON
WAS THE INTERSECTION OF THE BASE OF
THE TOWER.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 38 AND 215
AT THE SOUTH END OF THE
BRIDGE IN EVARTS, GO SOUTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 215 FOR
2.4 MILES TO WHERE THE HIGHWAY
TURNS LEFT AND A GRAVEL ROAD STRAIGHT
AHEAD INTO THE BLACK MOUNTAIN MINE CORP. GO
STRAIGHT AHEAD ON GRAVEL
ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO A LOCKED GATE (KEY AT BOILER ROOM ON
LEFT), PASS GA3476'THROUGH GATE AND GO 0.35 MILE TO WHERE MAIN ROAD TURNS SHARP RIGHT AND A ROCK ROAD
STRAIGHT AHEAD, CONTINUE ON ROCK ROAD AND GO 0.3 MILE
TO A LEFT FORK, TURN LEFT AND GO
3.8 MILES TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
AND STATION AS DESCRIBED.