VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
BIG BEND
Wythe County
Jefferson National Forest
Jefferson National Forest
Removed
DESIGNATION - BIG BEND
PID - GX3389
STATE/COUNTY- VA/WYTHE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BIG BEND (1977)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (JCC)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION, ABOUT
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYTHEVILLE, ABOUT 6.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BLAND, AND ABOUT 3.5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE PASS WHERE
U.S. HIGHWAYS 21 AND 52 CROSS WALKER MOUNTAIN. IT IS JUST
NORTH OF A PICNICKING AREA AT THE SITE OF WHERE THE BIG
BEND LOOKOUT TOWER USED TO BE. IN THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL
FOREST. IT IS 23 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A 12 INCH OAK TREE WITH
A TRIANGULAR BLAZE, 22 FEET NORTHWEST OF EDGE OF SLOPING
BED ROCK, 17 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CONCRETE
FOOTING OF THE OLD LOOKOUT TOWER, 15 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE
SOUTHWEST FOOTING, 14 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST
FOOTING AND 13 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST FOOTING. THE
MARK IS SET FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND THE
DISK IS STAMPED BIG BEND 1958.