There comes a moment, every time you visit a fire lookout tower, when you become certain that you have gotten hopelessly, irretrievably lost. The dirt road is buckled and overgrown; your tires skirt a ...

Part of Cape May Point State Park, the World War II Lookout Tower – officially known as Fire Control Tower No. 23 – was built in 1942 and is New Jersey's last freestanding World War II tower. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Idaho was once home to nearly 1,000 fire lookouts — great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of ...

ASHEVILLE - Looking for a weekend trip with unique leafing views and a bit of history? You might want to take a drive to Nantahala National Forest. Panther Top Tower will be open Oct. 28-29 and again ...

Experience panoramic views of one of the country's most picturesque mountain ranges via a quick 20-minute hike less than an ...

FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) — For 13 years, Charlie Womer climbed to the top of Mehoopany fire lookout tower in Wyoming County to watch over miles of countryside. The tower went up in 1923. Womer was born four ...

It wasn’t a long hike to the lookout tower in Island Park, but it was exciting just the same to be going to someplace new. At the tower, there were no interpretive signs (although we later learned ...

OCONTO COUNTY (WLUK) -- The scars from the storm that raced through the Northwoods nearly two years ago are still fresh in the minds of many in the area. The Mountain Fire Lookout Tower in Oconto ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALLIGATOR ALLEY, Fla. — A new lookout tower in the Florida Everglades is a source of curiosity right off the highway. It’s set to ...