VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
BULL RUN MOUNTAIN (JACKSON)
Prince William County
September 15, 1941: "The Prince William County Board of Supervisors has appropriated $350 toward purchase of a fire tower for the Bull Run Mountains in co-operation with Fauquier and Loudoun Counties." (Evening Star)
Removed
DESIGNATION - JACKSON
PID - HV5576
STATE/COUNTY- VA/PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MIDDLEBURG (1981)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (ELJ)
STATION IS LOCATED AT THE AIRWAY BEACON ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
IN BULL RUN MOUNTAIN PARK ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYMARKET,
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLEBURG AND ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF A LOCALITY KNOWN AS JACKSON HOLLOW. IT IS 124 FEET WEST
OF A RELAY MAST, 65 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE BASE
OF THE AIRWAY BEACON, 45 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST LEG
OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER AND 21 FEET NORTHEAST OF A WHITE WITNESS
POST. THE MARK IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED JACKSON 1954.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS
15 AND 50 ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MIDDLEBURG, GO SOUTH ON
HIGHWAY 15 FOR 4.7 MILES TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY
701. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST ON HIGHWAY 701 FOR 1.0 MILE TO
THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT AS DESCRIBED. CONTINUE WEST
ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY
600. TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTH ON HIGHWAY 600 FOR 0.85 MILE
TO THE ENTRANCE TO BULL RUN MOUNTAIN PARK ON THE LEFT. TURN
LEFT AND FOLLOW WINDING GRAVEL ROAD FOR 1.55 MILE TO THE
AIRWAY BEACON AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE STATION AS
DESCRIBED.