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.