PENNSYLVANIA LOOKOUTS
GREENWOOD
Huntingdon County
July 26, 1922: "After breakfast the next morning we hiked to the top of Broad Top mountain and visited the Greenwood fire tower. This mountain top is 2,500 feet above sea level. The tower is eighty feet high, built of steel and has a watch box on top. We all climbed all the steps of the watch box. From this tower one can see in all directions for a distance of sixty miles." (Altoona Mirror)
DESIGNATION - GREENWOOD
PID - KW2929
STATE/COUNTY- PA/HUNTINGDON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BARRVILLE (1998)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (JB)
THIS FIRST-ORDER STATION IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF GREENWOOD FIRE
LOOKOUT TOWER ON HIGHEST POINT OF BROAD MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 5-1/2
MILES, AIRLINE, NNW OF BELLEVILLE, 9 MILES, AIRLINE, WSW OF MILROY.
IT IS 74 FEET WNW FROM THE FIRE TOWER, 37.5 FEET WNW FROM THE CENTER
LINE OF THE ROAD, AND 121.5 FEET S FROM THE SW CORNER OF THE RANGERS
CABIN.
TO REACH STATION FROM LEWISTOWN, TAKE ROUTE 322 TO REEDSVILLE, FROM
HERE TAKE ROUTE 76 TO BELLEVILLE, TURN RIGHT ON ROUTE 305, AND
GO 5.1 MILES TO GRAVEL ROAD ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW MAIN
ROAD 6.0 MILES TO GREENWOOD FIRE TOWER AND STATION SITE.