KENTUCKY LOOKOUTS
NAILOR
Breathitt County
DESIGNATION - NAILOR LOOKOUT CABIN
PID - GY3296
STATE/COUNTY- KY/BREATHITT
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CANOE (2019)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (LWS)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON AND 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HADDIX ON A HIGH ROCK PEAK LOCALLY KNOWN AS NAILORS
ROCK. IT IS A 10X10 FOOT WOOD CABIN PAINTED WHITE. A TRAVERSE
CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION STATION NAILOR 2 AND THE
DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 17.8 FEET (5.43 METERS). THE POINT
TRAVERSED TO AND OBSERVED ON WAS THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE CABIN.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM STATE HIGHWAY 15 AND A LARGE STEEL BRIDGE
IN HADDIX, WHICH IS ABOUT 8.5 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON, GO WEST
ACROSS BRIDGE 0.1 MILE TO THE HADDIX RAILROAD STATION, TURN LEFT AND
GO 4.0 MILES TO THE END OF THE GRAVEL ROAD AND A DIRT ROAD RIGHT,
TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A FORK IN TWO CREEKS, TAKE RIGHT FORK
UP CREEK BED AND GO 0.4 MILE TO ANOTHER FORK, TAKE LEFT FORK AND GO
0.4 MILE TO A WHITE HOUSE AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE
CONTINUE UP CREEK FOR ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO A DOUBLE FORK, CONTINUE
STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE MIDDLE CREEK AND TRAIL FOR 0.5 MILE TO A
FENCE LINE AND A POLE GATE IN THE SADDLE OF TWO HILLS, TURN RIGHT AND
GO NORTH ALONG FENCE LINE AND FOLLOW TRAIL ABOUT ONE MILE TO A
LARGE HIGH ROCK AND STATION AS DESCRIBED. (ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 10
MINUTE PACK).