KENTUCKY LOOKOUTS
BIRD BRANCH
Bell County
Removed
DESIGNATION - BIRD BRANCH LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - GA3582
STATE/COUNTY- KY/BELL
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PINEVILLE (1974)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (LWS)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVILLE ON THE PINE
MOUNTAIN RANGE.
IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT 90 FEET
HIGH, PAINTED GREY WITH A SQUARE
CAB ON TOP. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION
WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION BIRD AND THE
DISTANCE WAS FOUND
TO BE 3.3 FEET (1.00 METERS). THE POINT MEASURED TO AND OBSERVED
ON WAS THE
INTERSECTION OF THE BASE OF THE TOWER.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 25E AND 119
ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF
PINEVILLE, GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 119 FOR 1.2 MILES TO A
T-ROAD LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO
0.8 MILE TO A FORK, KEEP LEFT FORK AND
GO 1.2 MILES TO A FORK, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.4
MILE TO A FORK, JUST
AFTER FORDING A CREEK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.8 MILE UP HILL
(KEEPING ALL LEFT HAND FORKS) ON THE MAIN ROAD TO A FORK AND A
TRIANGLE BLAZED ON AN 18 INCH GUM TREE ON THE RIGHT AND END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL FOR STANDARD TRUCKS, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.2 MILE TO A
FORK, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A FORK JUST AFTER PASSING OVER
LARGE ROCKS AND
A TRIANGLE BLAZED ON A 6 INCH OAK TREE, KEEP LEFT
FORK UP HILL FOR 0.3 MILE TO A
LARGE FLAT ROCK, BEAR LEFT AND GO 0.1
MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER AS DESCRIBED.