Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers

Few rewards are better than a grand mountain vista at the end of a well-planned hike. Fire and lookout towers that were built to safeguard the forests by reporting fires in isolated areas offer superb vantage points to enjoy the landscape.

In Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers, Peter Barr describes 26 such sites in the mountains of North Carolina. Each entry includes historical information about the tower and the mountain on which it stands. The entries contain descriptions of what can be seen from the towers; thorough directions, distances, and difficulty ratings for hiking trails and routes leading to the towers; maps; and photographs.