VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
BULL MOUNTAIN
Patrick County
Virginia Department of Forestry
Virginia Department of Forestry
1949: A 60-foot Aermotor tower with 7 x 7 cab erected.
STATION RECOVERY (1964)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 (ELH)
THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 WERE RECOVERED.
BULL (USGS) WAS NOT FOUND AND IT IS BELIEVED IT WAS DESTROYED
BY CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THE FIRE TOWER AT THE STATION SITE.
THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 WERE REINFORCED WITH
CONCRETE AT THIS TIME. A TELLUROMETER TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS
MADE TO STATION STUART 1918. FOLLOWING ARE NEW REFERENCE
MEASUREMENTS AND TO REACH.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN STUART, GO EAST ON
U.S. HIGHWAY 58 FOR 1.1 MILES TO A Y-FORK WITH THE R.J. REYNOLDS,
PATRICK COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON THE RIGHT. TURN LEFT (OLD
U.S. HIGHWAY 58) ON A PAVED ROAD AND GO 0.4 MILE TO COUNTY
ROAD 687 LEFT. TURN LEFT UP HILL AND GO 2.1 MILES TO A PIPE
GATE ON THE LEFT. PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND FOLLOW THE FIRE
ROAD FOR 2.4 MILES TO A TELEPHONE LINE ON THE RIGHT AND FORK.
KEEP LEFT ON THE MAIN ROAD AND CONTINUE UP THE HILL FOR 1.2
MILES TO THE TOP OF MOUNTAIN, FIRE TOWER AND STATION SITE.