Duckett Top Lookout
US 256, NC 6
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 256, NC 6 (view other lookouts in United States, North Carolina) |
| Date Registered | March 1, 1998 |
| Nominated by | R. Fred Foster, North Carolina Registrar |
| Location | Madison County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates |
N 35° 45.965' W 082° 50.420' (view using Google Maps) N 35° 45' 58" W 082° 50' 25" N 35.766090° W 082.840340° |
| Elevation | 4,271 ft (1,302 m) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Administered by | North Carolina Division of Forest Resources |
Description
One of a very few two-story lookouts left in North Carolina, Duckett Top was built in 1936 by the CCC for the US Forest Service. In 1966 it was transferred to the NC Forest Service, which continues to staff it. The 14’x 14’ wooden cab with catwalk is atop a 12’ rock foundation located on a “bald mountain” northwest of Asheville.
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