Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 761, VA 9 (view other lookouts in United States, Virginia)
Date Registered	February 25, 2009
Nominated by	Ricky Butler
Location	Appomattox County, Virginia
Coordinates	N 37° 26.108' W 078° 48.290' (view using Google Maps) N 37° 26' 07" W 078° 48' 17" N 37.435140° W 078.804840°
Elevation	1,145 ft (349 m)
Built	1939
Administered by	Virginia Department of Forestry
Cooperators	Virginia Department of Forestry

Description

The only fire tower still in regular use in Virginia, Piney Mountain Lookout was constructed by the Virginia Division of Forestry in 1938. It is an 80’ steel tower with 7’x7’ cab and oversees a very productive forest area just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.