Pennsylvania Lookouts

Total known Sites - 449
Last Update - 12/21/2008
Name
County
Type & Make
Year Blt
Disposition
Comments
Abbott Mtn
Potter
Wood
>1917
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Albert Lewis
Luzerne
Building
1884
Not Standing
 1st known Pa lookout
Allegheny Rdg
Lycoming
Tree
1917
Not Standing
Removed, date unknown
Amberson Rdg
Perry
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
Early 1900s
Ardell Farm
Clearfield
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Aristes
Columbia
Steel, A
1919
Not Standing
 Built by AFPA, removed 1975
Asaph
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Removed by 1924
Aughanbaugh
Clinton
Wood?
U/A
Not Standing
 Used Early 1900s
Baer Mtn
Adams
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Bailey
Monroe
Wood
1916
Not Standing
 Removed by 1924, built by PFPA
Bailey Run Fork
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Baker Oven
Union
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Removed by 1924
Bald Eagle
Westmoreland
Steel?
1913
Not Standing
Removed by 1924
Bald Knob
Huntingdon
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1933, named Tyrone
Bald Knob
Somerset
Steel?
>1924
Not Standing
 Removed 1933
Bald Knob
Centre
Wood
1909
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Bald Knob
Westmoreland
Steel, M-M
1935
Not Standing
 Removed, unknown date after 1957
Bald Mtn
Centre
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Baldwin Run
Tioga
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Replaced USGS tower, Removed about 1964
Bally
U/A
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917, Pocono Mtns
Bandana
York
Steel, B-K
1952
Standing
Hanover Water Co.
Banning Point
Fayette
Cabin
1942
Not Standing
 Removed 1950, also called Banning Knob
Barree
Centre
Tree
1917
Not Standing
Removed by 1924
Bear Cave
Westmoreland
Steel, A
1923
Standing
Private
Bear Run
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Bear Springs
Luzerne
Steel, A
1960
Standing
State
Bears Head
Schuylkill
Steel, M-M
1935
Standing
State
Beaver
Snyder
Steel, M-M
1949
Not Standing
Removed, date unknown
Bell Branch
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Berkey Hill?
U/A
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Bethlehem
U/A
Building
1975
U/A
No Longer Used
Beyer Camp
Clearfield
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Biedler
Huntingdon
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Big Fire Line
Tioga?
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Big Flat
Cumberland
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Big Knob
Perry
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1994
Big Knob
Fulton
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Replaced by Tuscarora, 1921. AKA Big Mtn
Big Pine Vista
Pike
Bald?
U/A
Not Standing
Used Early 1900s
Big Pocono
Monroe
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Big Poe Mtn
Centre
Tree
1915
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Big Poe Mtn
Perry
Tree
1909
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Big Ridge
Tioga
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Big Shiney
Lackawanna
Steel, A
1928
Not Standing
Destroyed by storm, 1950
Big Turn
Huntingdon
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Birch Rocks
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Bixel Farm
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Black Moshannon
Centre
Poles
U/A
Not Standing
Stood until 1950s
Bloss Mtn
Tioga
Steel, A
1939
Not Standing
 Moved from Maple Hill, Removed 1986
Blue Hill
Clearfield
Tree
1914
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Blue Knob
Bedford
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Relocated, 1951, Removed 1991
Blue Mtn
Mifflin
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed before 1977
Blue Ridge
Mifflin
Wood
1913
Not Standing
Removed, date unknown
Boone Mtn
Elk
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1974
Boones Mtn
Clearfield
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Booney
Snyder
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Boot Jack
Elk
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Bower Mtn
Perry
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Boyers Knob
Northumberland
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1975
Branch Mtn
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Brewer Patch
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Broad Mtn
Carbon
Steel, B
1918
Not Standing
Replaced, 1933. AFPA built
Broad Mtn
Carbon
Steel?
U/A
Not Standing
 Built by coal Co. in use1924
Broad Mtn
Huntingdon
Tree
1906
Not Standing
 Used to circa 1917
Broad Mtn
Carbon
Steel, A
1933
Standing
County
Broad Ridge
Tioga
Tree
1916
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Brockton
Schuylkill
Steel, B
1918
Not Standing
 Removed 1929. AFPA built
Brooks Run
Cameron
Steel, A
1941
Standing
State
Brush Mtn
Blair
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
Moved 1948, named Scalp Level
Brush Ridge
Huntingdon
Wood
1913
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Buck Horn
Lycoming
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Moved 1940, renamed Hemingway
Buck Ridge
Cumberland
Steel, B-K
1934
Not Standing
 Removed 1970s. moved from Staley Knob
Buck Ridge
Mifflin
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Buckhorn Ridge
Pike
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Buckhorn Ridge
Pike
Steel, B-K
1935
Standing
State
Buffalo Mtn
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Bull Run
Tioga
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Used to circa 1917
Bulls Head
Schuylkill
Steel
1922
Not Standing
 Removed 1929, built by AFPA
Bushkill Lookout
Monroe
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
U/A
Cabin
Fayette
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
Cabin Used in 1924
Caledonia Pike
Clearfield
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Canal Rock
Lycoming
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Catawissa
Columbia
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1976
Cherry Springs
Potter
Steel, A
1921
Standing
Blown down 1985, replaced 1987
Chickaree
Cambria
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Moved 1930, renamed Clymer
Chimney Rocks
Franklin
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1908 to circa 1917
Chimney Rocks
Perry
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used 1909 to circa 1917
Christmans
Carbon
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Moved 1925, renamed Mauch Chunk
Clarks Knob
Franklin
Steel
1943
Not Standing
Moved from Pine Mtn. Removed 1945
Clessin Mtn
Lycoming
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Clymer
Indiana
Steel, A
1930
Not Standing
Moved from Chickaree, Removed 1978
Coalmont
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Coffin Rocks
Clinton
Steel, A
1987
Standing
State
Coffin Rocks
Clinton
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Blown down, 1985, Replaced 1987
Cole Hill
Warren
Steel, A
1925
Standing
Seen in 2008
Confluence Knob
Somerset?
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1929
Conococochegue
Perry
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
Used Early 1900s
Cook Forest
Clarion
Steel, A
1929
Standing
State
Cornwall
Lancaster
Steel, A
1923
Not Standing
Removed 2004
Corwin's Farm
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Cove Mtn
Lycoming
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Cow Catcher
Franklin
Tree
1909
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Cowan
Fulton
Wood
1914
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Crader's
Centre
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Crandall
Potter
Steel, A
1920
Not Standing
 Removed 1990, AKA Crandall Hill
Cresco
Monroe
Wood
1916
Not Standing
 Removed before 1924
Cross Mtn
Franklin
Steel, I-S
1934
Not Standing
 Removed 1962
Crune Lookout
Cameron
Wood
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917, Removed by 1924
Cummings
Westmoreland
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
Blew down 1925
Dancing Ridge
Monroe
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Dancing Ridge
Monroe
Steel, B-K
1935
Not Standing
 Moved from Snow Hill, ReMoved 1975
Del. Water Gap
Monroe
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Delroy
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Devil's Half Acre
Cumberland
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Diehl's Hill
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Dry Land Hill
Luzerne
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Dry Meadow
Pike
Steel, M-M
1934
Not Standing
 Removed 1975
Dunlo
Cambria
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
 Used about 1927
Eagle Field
Centre
Steel, A
1982
Standing
Private
Eagle Knob
Clinton
Wood
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Eastern Kettle
Snyder
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Edgemere
Pike
Steel, P
U/A
Not Standing
 Removed 1934
Eldridge
Forest
Steel
U/A
Not Standing
 Another name for Marienville?
Elk Hill
Susquehanna
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed before 1989
Elk Knob
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Elliott
Jefferson
Steel, A
1931
Not Standing
 Moved 1985, renamed Eagle Field
Elstie
Cambria
Steel, A
1930
Not Standing
 Removed 1981
Ewing Path
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Exeter
Luzerne
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1924 & 1925
Exeter Lookout
Luzerne
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1924 & 1925
Faunce
Clearfield
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1979
First Mtn
Center
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
First Mtn
Clinton
Wood
1911
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Flag Staff
Carbon
Steel
1922
Not Standing
Built by AFPA, Removed 1929
Flat Ridge
Pike
Wood
1910
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Flat Rock
Clearfield
Tree
1913
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Foresters
Monroe
Wood
1913
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Fork Hill
Clinton
Tree
1915
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Fork Hill
Tioga
Tree
1914
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Fort Hill Knob
Somerset
Bald?
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1929
Four Mile Hill
Clearfield
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Fox Hill
Luzerne
Steel, M-M
1934
Not Standing
 Moved 1949, renamed Beaver
Fox Mtn
Potter
Steel, A
1916
Not Standing
Removed 1987
Freeland
Luzerne
Steel, P
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1925 - 1927, Replaced 1928
Freeland
Luzerne
Steel, A
1927
Standing
State
Frying Pan
Tioga
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Furnace Road
Huntingdon
Bald?
1912
Not Standing
 Used until circa 1917
Gleason
Tioga
Steel
1914
Not Standing
 Removed 1928
Glen Campbell
Indiana
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed 1990
Glen Summit
Luzerne
Steel, B
1919
Not Standing
 Built by AFPA, Removed 1929
Good Springs
Schuylkill
Steel
>1924
Not Standing
Removed 1960s
Goodall
Tioga
1-Tree, 2-Steel, A
1910
Not Standing
Tree Replaced 1920, Removed 1983
Goodwin Knob
Fayette
Building
1922
Not Standing
Removed 1987
Goulds
Wayne
Steel, B-K
1923
Standing
Private
Gov. Dick Hill
Lebanon
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
Removed, date unknown
Grandview
Luzerne
Steel, A
1979
Standing
State
Grassflat
Clearfield
Steel
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1931
Greens Knob
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Greenwood
Huntingdon
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Grove Mtn
Cameron
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1940, renamed Brooks
Haldeman
Dauphin
Wood
1935
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Hall's Rocks
Clinton
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Used to circa 1917
Hammonds Rocks
Cumberland
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Hanley
Elk
Steel, A
1926
Not Standing
 Removed circa 1990
Harrison
Tioga
Bald
1910
Not Standing
 Used until circa 1917
Hartley
Union
Steel, A
1938
Not Standing
 Moved 1950, renamed Sand Mtn
Harveys
Luzerne
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed before 2005
Hays Lot
Jefferson
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Hays Mills
Somerset
Steel, B-K
1922
Standing
Private
Hazelton
Luzerne
Building
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1950-51, burned
Head of Bailey Run
Cameron
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used 1905 to 1917
Hege Ridge
Perry
Steel
1915
Not Standing
 Removed circa 1925
Hemingway
Lycoming
Steel, A
1940
Not Standing
Moved from Buck Horn, ReMoved 1990
High Knob
Pike
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Replaced 1921
High Knob
Pike
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
High Rock
Adams
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
High Top
Snyder
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
High Top
Snyder
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Used until circa 1917
Highland Fling
Cambria
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1923, renamed Bear Cave
Hog Back
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Holmes Hurst
Lycoming
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1938, renamed Sprout Point
Hopewell
Berks
Steel, M-M
1935
Standing
State
Hostein
Cambria
Steel, Am T E
1928
Not Standing
 Removed 1960
Hough Mtn
Centre
Tree
1916
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Humboldt
Luzerne
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed before 2005
Hunting
Pike
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1909
Huntly Hill
Lycoming
1-Wood, 2-Steel
1912
Not Standing
Removed 1933
Indian Shanty
Potter
Tree
1913
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Jacks Mtn
Huntingdon
Steel, B-K
1923
Standing
State
Jacoby I
Lycoming
Tree
1913
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Jacoby II
Lycoming
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Johnson
Mifflin
Tree
1911
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Johnson Nursery
Clearfield
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
Used Early 1900s
Jones Mtn
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Kahil
Bradford
Steel, B-K
1922
Not Standing
Removed 1946, AKA Kahill & Cahill
Keating
Clinton
Steel, M-M
1935
Not Standing
Removed 1975?
Kecksburg
Westmoreland
Steel, A
1924
Not Standing
Moved 1938, renamed St Boniface
Keefers
Schuylkill
Steel, A
1971
Standing
State
Keefer's Gap
Franklin
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1921
Kellogg
Bradford
Steel, I-S
1934
Not Standing
 Removed 1987
Kinney
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Kinton Knob
Bedford
Steel, C
1967
Standing
State
Kinzua
Warren
Steel
>1925
Not Standing
 USFS, Removed by 1994, AKA Coal Hill
Knevil Hill
Lackawanna
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Knob
Bedford
Tree
1912
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Kooser
Somerset
Steel, M-M
1934
Standing
Fish Comm
Laurel Run
Centre
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Laurel Run
Huntingdon
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Laurel Summit
Westmoreland
Bald?
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1909
Lebo
Lycoming
Bald
1912
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Lee
Tioga
Steel, A
1928
Not Standing
Removed 1986
Lehigh Platform
Luzerne
Steel, P
U/A
Not Standing
Used 1924 & 1925
Lightner Hill
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Lincoln Farm
Elk
Tree
1914
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Little Baer
Clinton
Wood
1914
Not Standing
Used to circa 1917
Little Bailey
U/A
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
 Poconos, Used to 1930s
Little Flat
Centre
Steel, B-K
1922
Standing
State
Little Flat
Centre
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Little Flat
Centre
Wood
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Little Mtn
Franklin
Steel
1932
Not Standing
 Moved from Pine Mtn, Moved to Clarks Knob
Little Shinny
Luzerne
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
U/A
Lonesome Pine
Franklin
Tree
1909
Not Standing
U/A
Long Mtn
Cumberland
Steel, B-K
1922
Not Standing
Moved 1952, renamed Bandana
Long Mtn
Mifflin
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Long Ridge
Clinton
Tree
1910
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Long Ridge
Lycoming
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1990
Lookout Mtn
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Loop
Blair
Steel, B-K
1922
Standing
State
Lost Mtn
Cambria
Steel, M-M
1935
Standing
State
Low Knob
Pike
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1908 to 1917
Lower Yoder
Cambria
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Lykens
Dauphin
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1970s?
Maple Hill
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Maple Hill
Tioga
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1939, renamed Bloss Mtn
Marienville
Forest
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Marshburg
McKean
Steel, A
1935
Not Standing
 USFS, Removed before 1995
Martin Hill
Bedford
1-Tree, 2-Steel
1912
Not Standing
 Tree Replaced 1921, steel Removed 2002
Mauch Chunk
Carbon
Steel, A
1925
Standing
State
McAdoo Rocks
Schuylkill
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1930 to 1932
McDade
McKean
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed before 1994
McElhattan
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
McNitt
Mifflin
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
McNuff
Potter
Wood
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Meadow Ridge
Pike
Wood
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Mehoopany
Wyoming
Steel, B-K
1923
Standing
State
Mercer
Pike
Steel
1915
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Middle Ridge I
Snyder
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Middle Ridge II
Snyder
Tree
1910
Not Standing
Still Used circa 1917
Middleswarth
Snyder
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed before 2005
Mill Run
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Milliken
Mifflin
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Montdale
Lackawanna
Steel, B-K
1932
Not Standing
Removed 1947
Moores Run
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
Used circa 1917
Morris Point
Westmoreland
Steel, A
1925
Not Standing
Moved 1938
Mosier Hill
Monroe
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Mt Beacon
McKean
Steel, A
1931
Not Standing
 Removed about 1985, AKA Beacon Hill
Mt Davis
Somerset
Steel, A
U/A
Not Standing
Removed, date unknown
Mt Dunlap
Franklin
Steel, M-M
1936
Standing
Private
Mt Penn
Berks
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
U/A
Mt Penn
Berks
Building
1941
Standing
City
Mt Pleasant
Schuylkill
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed mid 1990s
Mt Pocono
Monroe
Wood
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Mt Tom
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Mud Lick
Potter
Wood
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Musser Path
Huntingdon
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Muzzette
Forest
Steel, A
1935
Not Standing
 USFS, Removed before 1995
Negro Barrens
Monroe
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Negro Mtn
Somerset
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1976
Nigger
Huntingdon
Tree
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Nippenose Road
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Nittany
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Normalville Knob
Somerset
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1930
North
Pike
Wood
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
North Mtn
Sullivan
Steel, B-K
1920
Not Standing
 Built by gun club, Replaced 1923, Removed 1989
North Side
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Oak Knob
Franklin
Tree
1905
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1911
Oak Ridge
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Ohiopyle Knob
Fayette
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1929 & 1930
Old Forge
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917, maybe wood
Old Town
Clearfield
Steel, A
1928
Not Standing
 Removed 1978
Owls Nest
Elk
 U/A
U/A
Not Standing
 USFS, Removed date unknown
Paddy Mtn
Centre
Tree
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Pagoda
Berks
Building?
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1927 & 1928
Panther
Centre
Steel, A
1959
Not Standing
 Removed 1989
Panther Rock
Cameron
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Paper Mill Knob
Potter
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Penn View
Indiana
Steel, M-M
1935
Not Standing
 Removed 1981
Penobscot
Luzerne
Steel, A
1925
Standing
State
Perry
Pike
Wood
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Pimple Hill
Monroe
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Pinafore
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Pindleton
Cambria
Steel, A
1930
Not Standing
 Removed 1992
Pine Flat
Westmoreland
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Pine Grove
Huntingdon
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Pine Hill
Lackawanna
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917, Removed 1981
Pine Hill
Potter
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Pine Mtn
Franklin
1-Wood, 2-Steel
1905
Not Standing
 Wood Replaced 1914, moved 1932, renamed Little Mtn
Pine Swamp
Huntingdon
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Pine Watch
Clinton
Tree
1911
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Piney Mtn
Adams
Steel
1914
Not Standing
 Removed 1933
Plantation
Clearfield
Tree
1912
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Plumer
Venango
Steel, M-M
1935
Standing
State
Pocono Knob
Monroe
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Poe Mtn
Centre
1-Tree, 2-Steel
1915
Not Standing
 Tree Replaced 1920, AKA Poe, steel Removed 1992 & Big Poe
Pohopoco
Monroe
Steel, I-S
1934
Standing
State
Pole Steeple
Cumberland
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used Early 1900s
Polk Hill
Franklin
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Pond Field
Fayette
Steel, M-M
1935
Standing
Private
Pond Field Knob
Fayette?
Bald?
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1929 to 1932
Port Clinton
Berks
Steel, A
1923
Standing
State
Preserve Lookout
Clinton
Tree
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Primrose
Monroe
Wood
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Prospect
McKean
Steel, A
1925
Not Standing
 Replaced 1967
Prospect
McKean
Steel, C
1967
Standing
County
Pump Station
Lycoming
Wood
1914
Not Standing
 Replaced 1920
Pump Station
Lycoming
Steel, A
1919
Standing
State
Purdue
Centre
Steel, A
1925
Not Standing
 Removed 1959
Rarick
Tioga
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1973
Rathburn Place
Elk
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Rattlesnake
Centre
Steel, A
1931
Standing
State
Rattlesnake Ridge
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Rauchtown
Clinton
Steel, I-S
1935
Not Standing
 Removed 1973
Raven Rock
Huntingdon
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Red Ridge
Lycoming
Wood
1916
Not Standing
U/A
Red Ridge Point
Lycoming
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Riansares
Clinton
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed, 1990s?
Ricketts
Wyoming
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Moved, rebuilt privately
Ridge Lookout
Cameron
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Rising Mtn
Perry
Tree
1909
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Rising Mtn
Franklin
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Ritchie Hill
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Roberts Branch
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Robertsdale
Huntingdon
Wood
1920's
Not Standing
 Replaced 1928, built by coal co.
Rock Ridge
Potter
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Rock Ridge
Potter
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Rockhill
Fulton
Steel, A
1927
Standing
Private
Rockton
Clearfield
Steel, A
1975
Standing
State
Rocky Mtn
Franklin
Steel
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1913 - 1917
Rocky Mtn
Franklin
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Rogers
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1916
Rolling Rock
Westmoreland
Steel
1919?
Standing
Private
Round Mtn
Huntingdon
Steel
1921
Not Standing
 Moved 1928, renamed Rock Hill
Round Top
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Round Top
Centre
Wood
1918
Not Standing
 Standing until 1927
Round Top
Elk
Wood
1940
Not Standing
 USFS, fate unknown
Round Top
Potter
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Royal Ridge
Mifflin?
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Saeger
Huntingdon
Wood
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Salem Mtn
Wayne
Steel, M-M
1936
Not Standing
 Removed 1985
Sand Bed
Tioga
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Sand Knob
Huntingdon
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Sand Mtn
Union
Steel, A
1917
Not Standing
 Replaced 1951
Sand Mtn
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Sand Mtn
Centre
Wood
1910
Not Standing
U/A
Sand Mtn
Centre
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Sand Mtn
Union
Steel, A
1951
Standing
State
Sandy Ridge
Centre
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Sandy Sod
Franklin
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Scalp Level
Cambria
Steel, TS
1928
Not Standing
 Coal co. owned, Removed 1974
Schoonover
Clinton
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Scrub Flat
Clinton
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Scrub Oak
Lackawanna
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed 1989
Second Mtn
Centre
Tree
1912
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Second Mtn
Centre
Tree
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Shade Mtn
Juniata
Steel, I-S
1935
Not Standing
 Removed 1994
Shaffers Path
Lycoming
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed 1975
Sheffield
Warren
Steel, A
1925
Not Standing
 Removed 1994
Shenandoah
Schuylkill
Steel, T
U/A
Not Standing
 Used 1929 - 1932
Shermans Mtn
Perry
Tree
1909
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Shermans Mtn
Perry
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1977
Shickshinny
Luzerne
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed after 1957
Shickshinny
Luzerne
Steel, A
U/A
Standing
Private
Sideling Hill
Fulton
Steel, B-K
1923
Standing
State
Silver Creek
Schuylkill
Steel, A
1925
Standing
State
Slate Ridge
Mifflin?
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Smith Place
Clearfield
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Replaced 1921, Removed 1974
Smithfield
U/A
Wood
1915
Not Standing
 Built by PFPA, Removed date unknown
Snow Hill
Monroe
1-Building, 2- Wood, 3- Steel
U/A
Not Standing
 steel moved 1935, renamed Dancing Ridge
Snow Shoe
Centre
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Snowy Mtn
Franklin
Steel, A
1930
Standing
 Destroyed by vandals 1973, rebuilt 1975, State
South
Pike
Wood
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
South Side
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Springfield
Fayette
Steel, A
1953
Standing
Private
Sprout Point
Lycoming
Steel, A
1938
Not Standing
 Moved from Holmes Hurst ReMoved1985
Spruce Mtn
Mifflin?
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
St Boniface
Westmoreland
Steel, A
1935
Not Standing
 Moved from Kecksburg, Removed 1974
St Lawrence
Cambria
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed 1978
St Petersburg
Clarion
Steel, A
1937
Not Standing
 Removed 1982, AKA Kahle
Staley's Knob
Adams
1-Tree, 2-Wood
1904
Not Standing
 Tree replaced 1912, Replaced 1922 moved 1934, renamed Buck Ridge
State Capitol
Dauphin
Building
U/A
Standing
Used 1920s, no longer used
Stone Mtn
Huntingdon
Tree
1907
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Stony Mtn
Dauphin
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Replaced 1967
Stony Mtn
Dauphin
Steel, C
1967
Standing
State
Stony Point
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Stony Point
Carbon
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Strattenville
Clarion
Steel, A
1928
Not Standing
 Removed 1964
Sugar Loaf
Fayette
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
 Removed,date unknown
Summit Colliery
Carbon
Steel?
1924
Not Standing
 Built by coal co
Tamarack
Clinton
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Tamarack
Clinton
Steel, A
1920
Standing
State
Tannery Hill
Tioga
Tree
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Tark Hill
Lackawanna
Steel?
1951
Not Standing
 Replaced 1960
The Knob
Union
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
The Knob
Clinton
Wood
1910
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
The Knobs
Clearfield
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Thick Mtn
Mifflin?
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Thickhead
Centre
Tree
1915
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Three Runs
Cameron
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1979
Three Runs
Clearfield
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
 Early 1900s, Used 15 years
Tionesta
Forest
Steel, A
1928
Standing
State
Treaster
Centre
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Treaster High Top
Mifflin
Tree
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
tree Top
Pike
U/A
U/A
Not Standing
 Used Early 1900s
Trevorton
NorthumberLand
Steel, I-S
1934
Not Standing
 Removed before 2006
Tri County
Blair
Steel, A
1928
Not Standing
 Removed 1976
Trout Run
Clinton
Wood
1917
Not Standing
U/A
Tunnel Hill
U/A
U/A
1915
Not Standing
 In Poconos
Tuscarora
Fulton
Steel, A
1921
Not Standing
Removed 1978
Tussey Mtn
Huntingdon
Steel, A
1933
Not Standing
 Removed 1977
Tyrone
Huntingdon
Steel, A
1933
Not Standing
 Removed 1972
Upper Beam Field
Westmoreland
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
USGS
Tioga
Wood
1899
Not Standing
Replaced1921
Victory
Venango
Steel, A
1925
Not Standing
Removed 1959
Virginia Rocks
Franklin
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Wagner
Juniata
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed, date unknown
Walters Run
Clinton
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Washington Springs
Fayette
Steel, A
1928
Standing
Private
Waterville
Lycoming
Steel, I-S
1933
Not Standing
 Removed 1975
Weiss Hollow
Elk
Wood
U/A
Not Standing
 Used Early 1900s
West Branch
Centre
Wood
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
West Fall
Pike
Steel, B-K?
1923
Not Standing
 Replaced about 1935
West Hill
Tioga
1-Tree, 2-Wood
>1913
Not Standing
 Tree Replaced 1915, Still Used circa 1917
West Pike
Potter
Steel, A
1920
Not Standing
 Removed about 1985
Wheeler
Warren
Steel, B-K
1923
Standing
USFS
Whetham
Clinton
Steel, B-K
1923
Not Standing
 Removed 1990
Whipple
Huntingdon
Wood
1916
Not Standing
U/A
White Deer Mtn
Union
Tree
1913
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
White Rocks
Franklin
Wood
1914
Not Standing
Removed 1932
Whittaker
Pike
Wood
1914
Not Standing
 Still Used circa 1917
Whittimore
Cameron
Steel, A
1921
Standing
State
Wildwood
Elk
Steel, B-K
1922
Not Standing
 Removed 1976
Williamsport Rd
Lycoming
Bald
U/A
Not Standing
 Used circa 1917
Wills
Wyoming
Steel, A
U/A
Standing
Private
Winslow
Elk
Steel, B-K
1925
Not Standing
 Removed 2001
Work Hill
Fayette
Cabin
1924
Not Standing
 removed 1924
Yorkville
Schuylkill
Steel, A
1941
Not Standing
 Removed 1973
Zimmerman
Forest
Steel, A
U/A
Not Standing
 USFS, Removed, date unknown
Zook
Huntingdon
Tree
1916
Not Standing
U/A

 

Totals:

  • Total standing active - 27
  • Total standing inactive - 36
  • Total no longer standing - 380

Notes:

 

Key:

U/A - Unavailable at this time

Make abbreviations:

Am T & E= American Tube & Electric
A= Aermotor
B= Baker Manufacturing Co
B-K= Blaw-Knox
C= Caldwell
I-S= International-Stacey
M-M= McClintic-Marshall
P=Platform
T=Tank
TS= Tubular Steel

Comments abbreviations:

AFPA= Anthracite Forest Protective Association
PFPA= Pocono Forest Protective Association
USFS= United States Forest Service

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