Virginia Fire Lookouts

There are 197 known Virginia lookout sites

Tower Name	Photo	County	USGS Quad	Coordinates	Ownership	Status	Remarks
Allen Field (Brush Mountain)	#1	Montgomery	Newport	37 15 48 80 28 02	USFS	Removed
Alton		Halifax	Cluster Springs	36 36 02 78 58 52	VDOF	Unknown
Amelia		Amelia	Amelia Court House	37 19 56 77 59 03	VDOF	Removed
Apple Orchard Mountain		Bedford	Arnold Valley	37 31 02 79 30 37	USFS	Removed	Relocated to 'Purgatory' (1957-1958)
Ark		Gloucester	Gloucester	37 26 17 76 34 42	VDOF	Standing (May 2, 2007)
Assateague Beach		Accomack	Unknown	37 51 49 75 22 05	NPS (formerly USCG)	Standing
Bald Knob	#1	Bath	Healing Springs	37 55 32 79 51 04	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Bald Mountain	#1 #2	Augusta	Big Levels	37 55 02 79 03 47	USFS	Removed
Bald Mountain	1955	Craig	New Castle	37 36 53 80 02 14	USFS	Removed
Bartlick		Dickenson	Haysi	37 14 16 82 16 08	VDOF	Removed
Baskerville (formerly Mecklenburg)		Mecklenburg	Baskerville	36 44 02 78 16 41	VDOF	Removed
Baylor (renamed Caroline)		Caroline	Bowling Green	See “Caroline”
Bearwallow (formerly Jewell Ridge)		Tazewell	Jewell Ridge	37 13 14 81 45 02	PRIVATE (Arthur Stiltner) (formerly VDOF)	Standing (March 26, 2008)
Bedford		Bedford	Bedford	37 19 14 79 31 22	PRIVATE (Robert Dinwiddie) (formerly VDOF)	Standing (October 27, 2005)
Belair (name unconfirmed)		Prince William	Joplin	Approximately 38 34 50 77 26 04	Unknown	Unknown
Big A Mountain		Buchanan (VDOF listing is in Russell)	Big A Mountain	37 03 08 82 02 08	VDOF	Standing (March 10, 2006)
Big Bend		Wythe	Big Bend	37 01 29 81 10 34	Unknown	Removed
Big Knob		Scott	Gate City	36 39 52 82 30 21	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2009)
Big Ridge		Alleghany	Glace	37-41-28.1 80-16-01.3	USFS	Removed
Big Walker Mountain		Bland / Wythe	Big Bend	Approximately 37 02 44 81 13 42	PRIVATE (Ron Kime)	Standing	Observation tower (steel w/open platform - no cab)
Birch Knob		Dickenson	Clintwood	37 14 xx 82 27 xx	USFS	Removed	Replaced by an observation platform/tower
Birdnest		Northampton	Franktown	37 26 20 75 52 51	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Blackstone		Nottoway	Blackstone East	37 05 57 77 58 31	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (May 19, 2005)
Blakey Ridge		Madison	Madison	38 25 39 78 20 15	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (January 12, 2002)
Bluff Mountain	1940	Rockbridge	Buena Vista	37 39 35 79 20 47	USFS	Removed
Bother Knob		Rockingham	Brandywine	38 30 26 79 12 40	USFS	Removed? (unconfirmed)
Bowers Hill		City Of Chesapeake	Bowers Hill	36 47 17 76 24 38	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Brush Mountain (Allen Field)		Montgomery	Newport	See “Allen Field”
Brushy Mountain	1953	Alleghany	Jerrys Run	37 48 37 80 09 19	USFS	Removed
Buchanan High Knob (High Knob) (High Knob-Leemaster)		Buchanan	Prater	See “High Knob-Leemaster”
Buck Knob		Wise	Flat Gap	37 03 14 82 38 31	VDOF	Unknown
Buckner Ridge	1958	Scott	Fort Blackmore	36 48 44 82 35 44	USFS	Removed (unconfirmed)
Buffalo Mountain		Floyd	Willis	36 47 xx 80 28 xx	VDOF	Removed
Buffalo Ridge		Amherst	Buffalo Ridge	37 31 45 78 58 46	VDOF	Removed
Buffards Mountain		Buckingham	Dillwyn	Approximately 37 34 49 78 24 38	Private (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Bull Hill		Wise	Coeburn	36 56 35 82 22 42	VDOF	Unknown
Bull Mountain (I)		Patrick	Patrick Springs	Unknown	VDOF	Removed
Bull Mountain (II)		Patrick	Patrick Springs	36 41 34 80 13 30	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Bull Run Mountain Estates		Prince William	Middleburg	38 54 44 77 40 06	Unknown	Removed
Butt Mountain	2010	Giles	Eggleston	37 22 07 80 37 23	USFS / VDOF	Standing (November 11, 2010)
Cahas Mountain (name unconfirmed)		Franklin	Callaway	Approximately 37 07 01 80 00 57	Unknown	Unknown
Capron		Southampton	Capron	36 39 55 77 13 47	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Caret (renamed Essex)		Essex	Cauthornville	See 'Essex'
Caroline (formerly known as Baylor)		Caroline	Bowling Green	38 00 04 77 20 05	VDOF	Removed
Carters Mountain		Albemarle	Simeon	37 58 48 78 29 20	VDOF	Standing (January 5, 2005)
Cedar Island		Accomack	Metomkin Inlet	37 40 21 75 35 39	PRIVATE (formerly USCG)	Unknown
Center Cross		Essex	Dunnsville	37 47 18 76 46 51	PRIVATE (Essex County) (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Central Plains (formerly Fluvanna)		Fluvanna	Palmyra	37 48 11 78 20 11	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Chancellor (I)		Spotsylvania	Brokenburg	Unknown	Unknown	Removed	Wooden tower replaced by Chancellor (II)
Chancellor (II)		Spotsylvania	Brokenburg	38 12 46 77 43 28	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Charles City		Charles City	Providence Forge	37 23 25 77 03 12	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Chesterfield		Chesterfield	Beach	37 21 01 77 37 28	VDOF	Removed
Chestnut Knob		Henry	Price	36 36 48 79 55 04	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed (unconfirmed)
Chestnut Mountain		Tazewell	Hutchinson Rock	37 03 28 81 23 57	USFS	Removed
Circle (formerly King George)		King George	King George	38 16 08 77 08 18	VDOF	Removed
Cliff Mountain		Lee	Big Stone Gap	See “Jasper Cliff”
Comers Rock		Grayson / Wythe	Speedwell	Approximately 36 45 51 81 13 42	USFS	Removed	Lookout house / cabin
Cooperstown		Fauquier	Somerville	38 31 35 77 33 51	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Cove Mountain		Wythe	Long Spur	37 02 00 80 57 18	PRIVATE (formerly USFS)	Standing (October 1, 2010)
Cow Knob		Rockingham	Cow Knob	38 41 30 79 05 26	USFS	Removed? (unconfirmed)
Crafton Gate		Charlotte	Drakes Branch	36 54 34 78 31 41	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Culpeper		Culpeper	Germanna Bridge	38 24 30 77 45 11	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (January 14, 2007)
Cumberland		Cumberland	Cumberland	37 29 46 78 14 37	VADC	Standing (October 16, 2007)
Deer Head (I)		Shenandoah	Conicville	38 48 33 78 43 02	Unknown	Removed
Deer Head (II)		Shenandoah	Conicville	Unknown	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Dewitt (formerly Dinwiddie)		Dinwiddie	De Witt	37 02 31 77 38 23	VDOF	Standing (August 19, 2005)
Dickey Knob		Smyth	Atkins	36 45 06 81 25 45/46	USFS	Removed
Dinwiddie (renamed Dewitt)		Dinwiddie	De Witt	See “Dewitt”
Dismal Swamp		City Of Suffolk	Lake Drummond NW	36 40 44 76 29 22	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Unknown
Disputanta		Prince George	Disputanta North	37 10 53 77 12 46	PRIVATE (Prince George County)	Standing (2008)
Duncan Knob		Bath	Burnsville	38 09 52 79 42 18	Unknown	Standing (2008)
Eagle Mountain (formerly Eagle Rock Mountain)		Botetourt	Eagle Rock	37 37 55 79 49 49	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed (unconfirmed)
Eagle Rock Mountain(renamed Eagle Mountain)		Botetourt	Eagle Rock	See “Eagle Mountain”
Earn Knob		Craig	Looney	Approximately 37 26 30 80 10 52	USFS	Unknown
East Leake		Goochland	South Anna	37 47 38 77 55 30	VDOF	Removed
East River Mountain		Tazewell	Tip Top	37 10 50 081 22 40	VDOF	Standing (April 10, 2008)
Elliott Knob		Augusta	Elliott Knob	38 09 59 79 18 50	USFS	Standing (2008)
Essex (formerly known as Caret)		Essex	Cauthornville	Approximately 37 58 59 77 02 39	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Feather Camp	1955	Washington	Konnarock	36 39 53 81 43 03	USFS	Removed
Fisher Peak		Carroll / Surrey (NC)	Lambsburg	36 33 34 80 49 24	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Flat Top	1955	Giles	White Gate	37 14 50 80 51 17	STATE (manned by USFS)	Removed
Fork Mountain (name unconfirmed)		Madison	Fletcher	38 28 44 78 24 56	Unknown	Removed
Fort Lewis Mountain		Roanoke	Glenvar	37 19 24 80 07 57	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Unknown
Gathright (name unconfirmed)		Alleghany	Covington	Unknown	USFS (formerly T.M. Gathright)	Removed
Gibson Mountain		Orange	Gordonsville	Approximately 38 11 15 78 09 27	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Gibson Ridge		Montgomery	Riner	37 06 46 80 29 54	VDOF	Standing (March, 2009)	Converted to a radio/communication tower (cab remains)
Grassy Hill		Franklin	Boones Mill	37 01 27 79 53 36	VDOF	Removed
Great North Mountain (renamed North Mountain)		Frederick	Hayfield	See 'North Mountain'
Groundhog Mountain		Patrick	Laurel Fork	36 38 44 80 31 43	Unknown	Removed (unconfirmed)
Halifax (name unconfirmed)		Halifax	Halifax	Approximately 36 46 44 78 54 25	Unknown	Unknown
Hallwood		Accomack	Hallwood	37 52 35 75 35 41	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Hardscrabble Knob		Augusta	West Augusta	Approx. 38 22 02 79 19 15	USFS	Removed
Haycock Mountain		Floyd	Woolwine	36 55 59 80 15 14	VDOF	Unknown
Hayters Knob		Washington	Hayters Gap	36 52 16 81 58 42	VDOF	Standing (March 20, 2010)
Hazel Mountain		Russell	Carbo	36 59 42 82 14 43	VDOF	Standing (April 17, 2008)
Heards Mountain		Albemarle	Covesville	37 55 47 78 44 19	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Unknown
High Knob (High Knob-Leemaster)		Buchanan	Prater	See “High Knob-Leemaster”
High Knob		Rockingham	Brandywine	38 34 07 79 10 14	USFS	Standing (2008)
High Knob (I)	1954	Wise	Norton	Approximately 36 53 xx 82 37 xx	USFS	Removed	Lookout cabin / house
High Knob (II)		Wise	Norton	36 53 34 82 37 46	USFS	Removed	Destroyed by fire 10/31/2006
High Knob-Leemaster (Buchanan High Knob) (High Knob)	2008	Buchanan	Prater	37 11 09 82 08 57 (GPS reading)	VDOF	Standing (April 9, 2008)
High Rock		Bland	Long Spur	37 06 30 80 58 14	STATE (manned by USFS)	Removed
High Top		Bath	Mountain Grove	38 04 09 79 57 21	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed (unconfirmed)
Hightop Mountain		Greene	Swift Run Gap	38 20 11 78 33 06	Shenandoah National Park	Removed
Hog Back		Rockbridge	Goshen	37 54 00 79 28 48	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Unknown
Hog Island		Northampton	Quinby Inlet	37 23 39 75 42 30	Unknown (formerly USCG)	Standing
Hogback Mountain (name unconfirmed)		Warren	Bentonville	Approximately 38 45 42 78 16 26	Shenandoah National Park	Unknown
Holiday Lake		Buckingham	Holiday Lake	Approximately 37 26 xx 78 39 xx	Unknown	Removed
Holland		City Of Suffolk	Holland	Approximately 36 39 44 76 45 42	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed
Homeville (formerly Sussex Courthouse)		Sussex	Sussex	36 55 11 77 16 48	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Unknown
Hunter’s Gap		Lee	Ben Hur	36 37 43 83 05 18	VDOF	Standing (March 27, 2008)
Hurley		Buchanan	Hurley	Approximately 37 24 21 82 02 24	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (April 9, 2008)
Independent Hill		Prince William	Independent Hill	38 39 22 77 26 29	Unknown	Removed	Relocated to South Carolina
Isle Of Wight		Isle Of Wight	Smithfield	36 53 20 76 43 54	VDOF	Removed
Jasper Cliff (I)		Lee	Big Stone Gap	Unknown	USFS	Removed
Jasper Cliff (II)	1954	Lee	Big Stone Gap	36 46 26 82 48 37	USFS	Removed
Jewell Ridge (Bearwallow)		Tazewell	Jewell Ridge	See “Bearwallow”
Jones Knob	1959	Grayson	Cripple Creek	36 45 xx 81 04 xx	USFS	Removed
Joplin		Prince William	Joplin	38 33 38 77 23 04	USMC	Removed
Keel		Dickenson	Clintwood	37 08 07 82 27 30	VDOF	Removed
Keen Mountain		Buchanan	Keen Mountain	37 13 57 81 55 55	PRIVATE (Arthur Stiltner) (formerly VDOF)	Standing (March 26, 2008)
Kennedy Peak		Page / Shenandoah	Luray	38 44 31 78 29 15	USFS	Removed
King George		King George	King George	See “Circle”
King William		King William	King William	37 41 14 77 00 56	VADC (owner / operator) (1941)	Standing (January 22, 2002)
Leigh Mountain		Prince Edward	Green Bay	37 12 14 78 21 31	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Long Mountain		Campbell	Rustburg	37 17 08 79 05 24	VDOF	Removed (unconfirmed)	Relocated to 'Private' (Frank Rhudy)
Longshoal		Carroll	Hillsville	36 52 16 80 43 09	Unknown	Unknown
Louisa		Louisa	Louisa	38 01 40 78 00 48	VADF	Standing
Lower Essex (see Center Cross)		Essex	Dunnsville	See “Center Cross”
Lunenburg		Lunenburg	Lunenburg	Approximately 36 57 54 78 16 21	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Lyells		Westmoreland	Machodoc	38 00 15 76 43 58	VDOF	Removed
Mathews		Mathews	Mathews	37 27 36 76 21 22	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (May 30, 2007)
Matthews State Forest (name unconfirmed)		Grayson	Unknown	Unknown	Matthews State Forest	Unknown	Relocated from 'Morris Knob'
Meadows		Henrico	Quinton	37 30 38 77 14 19	VDOF	Standing (January 15, 2004)
Melfa		Accomack	Pungoteague	37 38 28 75 46 12	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Mendota		Washington	Mendota	36 43 50 82 18 02	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (April 17, 2008)
Middlesex		Middlesex	Saluda	Approximately 37 36 37 76 38 35	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Removed (unconfirmed)	Relocated from 'Shacklefords'
Mill Mountain		Bath	Longdale Furnace	See “White Rocks”
Millers Head		Page	Big Meadows	Approximately 38 35 35 78 23 38	Shenandoah National Park	Removed (unconfirmed)
Miskimon		Northumberland	Lancaster	37 50 27 76 28 35	VDOF	Standing (January 21, 2002)
Morning Knob		Alleghany	Jordan Mines	37 42 50 80 06 46	USFS	Removed (unconfirmed)
Morris Knob		Tazewell	Tazewell South	37 02 57 81 37 01	VDOF	Removed	Relocated to 'Matthews State Forest'
Mounts		Stafford	Joplin	38 30 47 77 23 21	USMC	Removed
Nealy Ridge		Dickenson	Haysi	37 08 08 82 20 17	VDOF	Removed
Negrofoot		Hanover	Hanover Academy	37 49 35 77 35 45	VDOF	Removed	Relocated to 'Private' (Rockville-Centerville Steam And Gas Historical Association?)
North Brunswick (renamed Pleasants Shades)		Brunswick	Smoky Ordinary	See 'Pleasants Shades'
North Mountain (formerly Great North Mountain)		Frederick	Hayfield	Approximately 39 13 15 78 20 17	PRIVATE (STAAP Corporation) (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Olinger Top	1958	Lee	Keokee	36 48 42 82 55 02	USFS	Removed
Osborne Ridge		Scott	Fort Blackmore	Possibly 36 51 08 82 31 42	VDOF (USFS manned)	Removed
Paddy Knob		Highland	Paddy Knob	38 15 57 79 47 45	USFS	Removed
Parramore Beach		Accomack	Wachapreague	37 34 24 75 37 02	Unknown (formerly USCG)	Unknown
Partlow		Spotsylvania	Lake Anna East	38 02 48 77 38 41	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Peaks		Hanover	Studley	37 43 22 77 21 51	VDOF	Removed (unconfirmed)
Peaks Knob		Pulaski	Dublin	37 01 28 80 44 46	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)
Peaks of Otter (see Sharptop)		Bedford	Peaks of Otter	See 'Sharptop'
Pender		Fairfax	Fairfax	38 52 21 77 22 05	STATE	Removed	Relocated to Suffolk area around 1978?
Peters Mountain		Alleghany	Alleghany	Approximately 37 43 14 80 08 38	USFS	Unknown
Phenix		Charlotte	Charlotte Court House	37 04 30 78 41 47	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)	Standing (2008)	Partially disassembled (cab removed)
Pine Knob		Lee	Pennington Gap	36 46 15 83 03 01	VDOF	Unknown
Piney Mountain		Appomattox	Vera	37 26 06 78 48 17	VDOF	Standing (2008)	Active -2008 (manned on an as needed basis)
Pleasants Shades (formerly North Brunswick)		Brunswick	Smoky Ordinary	36 45 40 77 39 45	VDOF	Standing (2008)
Poor Mountain		Montgomery	Elliston	37 09 44 80 11 32	VDOF	Removed
Potts Mountain	1955	Craig	Potts Creek	37 32 31.0 80 13 04.9	USFS	Removed
Powhatan		Powhatan	Powhatan	37 32 xx 77 54 xx	VDOF	Removed
Powell Mountain (renamed Hunters Gap)		Lee	Ben Hur	See ‘Hunters Gap’
Private (Frank G. Rhudy)		Craig	Potts Creek	37 30 14.9 80 14 12.6	Private (Frank G. Rhudy)	Standing (November 9, 2010)	Relocated from 'Long Mountain'
Private (Rockville-Centerville Steam And Gas Historical Association?)		Goochland	Hylas	Approximately 37 40 31 77 40 22	PRIVATE	Standing	Relocated from 'Negrofoot'
Purgatory	#1	Botetourt	Buchanan	37 33 44 79 41 20	USFS	Removed	Relocated from 'Apple Orchard Mountain' (1957-1958)
Quebec	#1	Smyth	Marion	36 46 36 81 31 21	USFS	Removed
Quinque		Greene	Stanardsville	38 15 02 78 24 38	PRIVATE (formerly VDOF)