VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
PADDY KNOB
Highland County
National Forest
National Forest
1934: Civilian Conservation Corps labor was used to erect 40-foot steel tower with a 14' x 14' cab.
1967: The last year the lookout was staffed.
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - PADDYS KNOB LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - HW3548
STATE/COUNTY- VA/HIGHLAND
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PADDY KNOB (2016)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7-1/2 MILES BY ROAD SE OF THE
VILLAGE OF FROST. IT IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT
50 FEET HIGH WITH A GLASS-ENCLOSED CAB ON TOP. THE POINT
OBSERVED UPON WAS THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE FORMED BY THE FOUR
LEGS OF THE TOWER AT THE BASE. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE
TO U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY TRIANGULATION STATION PADDYS
KNOB. DISTANCE, 43.56 FEET -- 13.278 METERS
TO REACH STATION, SEE U.S.C. AND G.S. STATION PADDYS KNOB.
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (GWL)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7-1/2 MILES BY ROAD SE OF THE
VILLAGE OF FROST. IT IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE ABOUT
50 FEET HIGH WITH A GLASS-ENCLOSED CAB ON TOP. THE POINT
OBSERVED UPON WAS THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE FORMED BY THE FOUR
LEGS OF THE TOWER AT THE BASE. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE
TO U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY TRIANGULATION STATION PADDYS
KNOB. DISTANCE, 43.56 FEET -- 13.278 METERS
TO REACH STATION, SEE U.S.C. AND G.S. STATION PADDYS KNOB.