VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
BIG A MOUNTAIN
Buchanan County
DESIGNATION - BIG A MOUNTAIN FIRE TOWER 1963
PID - GY3182
STATE/COUNTY- VA/BUCHANAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BIG A MOUNTAIN (1975)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (ELH)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON BIG A MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HONAKER.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN HONAKER, GO
NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 80 FOR 6.25 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT,
SIGN FOREST FIRE TRAIL, TURN LEFT ON DIRT ROAD AND GO 0.3
MILE TO A WOODEN GATE, PASS THROUGH AND GO 0.35 MILE TO A
WOODEN GATE, PASS THROUGH AND GO 3.5 MILES TO TOP OF MOUNTAIN
AND STATION.
THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WAS THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE
GLASS ENCLOSED CABIN THAT IS MOUNTED ON FOUR STEEL LEGS.
THE FIRE TOWER IS ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH.