ALABAMA LOOKOUTS
CARROLLTON
Pickens County
Alabama Department of Conservation
Alabama Department of Conservation
DESIGNATION - CARROLLTON LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - DJ1825
STATE/COUNTY- AL/PICKENS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CARROLLTON (1985)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1955 (ELJ)
STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE STATE FOREST LOOKOUT
TOWER LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 70, ABOUT 1.5
MILES WEST OF CARROLLTON. IT IS A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE
ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH WITH AN ENCLOSED OBSERVATION PLATFORM AT THE
TOP.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE COURTHOUSE, IN CARROLLTON, GO WEST
ON STATE HIGHWAY 70 FOR 1.5 MILES TO A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY RIGHT AND
THE TOWER ON THE RIGHT ABOUT 0.05 MILE NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY.