HIGH KNOB
Pennsylvania - Pike County
An Unimproved bald top observation point established prior to 1918.
August 1921: One of three additional steel fire towers being erected in the Delaware Forest District at High Knob, Pike County. (Forest Leaves, Vol. 18)
DESIGNATION - HIGH KNOB FIRE TOWER
PID - LY2679
STATE/COUNTY- PA/PIKE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PROMISED LAND (1997)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (RJS)
IT IS ABOUT 12-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF HAWLEY AND 1-3/4 MILES WEST OF
PECKS POND ON TOP OF A HIGH PROMINENT MOUNTAIN. THE TOWER IS JUST
SOUTH OF THE HIGH-TENSION TRANSMISSION LINE, SUPPORTED BY STEEL
TOWERS WHICH CROSS THE MOUNTAIN AT THIS POINT. TRIANGULATION
STATION HIGH KNOB IS A SHORT DISTANCE NORTHEAST OF THIS TOWER.
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE OBSERVATION ROOM.
STATION RECOVERY (2004)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS 2004 (JKG)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED. THE FIRE TOWER IS ON
DELAWARE STATE FOREST LAND AND IS STILL AN ACTIVE FIRE LOOKOUT.