Archive for the ‘fire tower’ Category

Sistonen’s Fire Tower

Friday, November 12th, 2010
Round-trip: 2 km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Kakabeka, ON Click Here for Google Map This is the 5th fire tower I have visited and I definitely have ‘Fire Tower Fever’. It’s...

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Hike of the Month: Mount Sterling

Friday, May 7th, 2010
This month's Knoxville News Sentinel "hike of the month" is the Mount Sterling Trail to the 60-foot fire tower atop the 5842-foot mountain on the eastern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains.

The article includes a photo gallery as well as a short video that offers a glimpse of the 360-degree view you get from the fire tower. Please click here to read the article.

For additional information regarding this hike, please click here.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.

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Hiking the AT to save the Shuckstack Lookout Tower

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Peter Barr, Chair of the Carolina Mountain Club Challenge Committee, and author of Hiking North Carolina’s Lookout Towers, is hiking the Appalachian Trail to raise money for the restoration of the Shuckstack fire tower in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

On March 22, Peter started his hike from Springer Mountain in Georgia. His goal is to raise a dollar for every mile that he hikes on the Appalachian Trail for the restoration of the Shuckstack Lookout Tower in the southern Smokies.

For those interested, you can follow Peter's journey by clicking here.

To find out more about his campaign and help the Shuckstack Fire Tower, please click here.

For more information on hiking to the Shuckstack Fire Tower, please click here.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, hiking gear store, and more.

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Mt Sophie Fire Tower

Friday, January 1st, 2010
Roundtrip: 3km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Grand Portage, MN Click Here for Google Map. After this one, I’ll try to get off my fire tower kick for a while and I will post about something other than a fire tower next week!  You can easily visit the Mt Sophie tower on the same day as you visit the Mt Maud [...]

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Mt Maud Fire Tower

Friday, December 25th, 2009
Roundtrip: 250 m Difficulty: Moderate Location:  Grand Portage, MN Click Here for Google Map. As you can tell I have been fascinated by fire towers lately.  This one is easy to get to and the views are great –whether or not you climb the tower.  Be extra careful if you do decide to climb the tower as a several [...]

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