KENTUCKY LOOKOUTS
NEW LIBERTY
McCreary County
Daniel Boone National Forest
Daniel Boone National Forest
DESIGNATION - NEW LIBERTY LOOKOUT TOWER 1950
PID - GB2519
STATE/COUNTY- KY/MCCREARY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CUMBERLAND FALLS (2019)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (LWS)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG AND ABOUT
9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF STEARNS. THE STATION IS A 4-LEGGED WOOD
STRUCTURE ABOUT 75 FEET HIGH WITH A
OBSERVATION ROOM ATOP PAINTED
GRAY. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE FROM
TRIANGULATION STATION NEW
LIBERTY AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 7.112 METERS (23.33
FEET). THE POINT
OBSERVED ON AND TRAVERSED TO WAS THE CENTER OF THE BASE OF
THE LOOKOUT TOWER.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE WHITLEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN
WILLIAMSBURG, GO
SOUTHWEST ON U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 25W AND STATE HIGHWAY NO. 92 FOR
0.7 MILE TO THE
JUNCTION OF THESE TWO HIGHWAYS, CONTINUE STRAIGHT
AHEAD ON STATE HIGHWAY NO. 92 FOR
10.85 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT,
THIS IS JUST BEFORE REACHING A CONCRETE BRIDGE, TURN
RIGHT AND GO 5.8
MILES TO A T-ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.8 MILE TO WHERE ROAD
FORKS, TAKE THE
LEFT ROAD AND GO 0.5 MILE TO WHERE ROAD FORKS, TAKE
THE RIGHT ROAD AND GO 0.15 MILE TO
WHERE ROAD FORKS, TAKE THE LEFT
ROAD AND GO 0.65 MILE TO WHERE ROAD FORKS, TAKE THE
RIGHT ROAD AND GO
0.1 MILE TO THE NEW LIBERTY LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE LEFT AS DESCRIBED.