Mt Sterling

MAPS
Select one of the following maps to display this waypoint (WGS84).

• Google map road/image/topo/terrain with tower waypoints, with street view you can sometimes see roadside towers
• USGS topo/aerial image: TerraServer zoom/pan or Gmap4 hires topo
• maptech USGS topo, mouse tracking (NAD27) or topoquest USGS topo
• Java USGS topo map or aerial image with nearby towers, distance tool
• GSMNP 1997 trail map or Google map
• older GSMNP trail/topo maps: 1974 1949 1931
• Road maps: MapQuest or OSM or yahoo or VirtualEarth or driving directions
• more maps weather

GPS

• download just this waypoint or nearby waypoints (gpx) or download towers.gpx or towers.mxf
• send waypoint to your Garmin GPS
• Wayhoo's nearby USGS data points gpx waypoints of landmarks
• free pc-to-gps software EasyGPS

Remarks:

Built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and according to Peter Barr, author of Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers, it sits at the highest elevation (5842') of any of the remaining fire towers in the eastern US. See article Wikipedia info

the tower at dawn

cabin from 1977

   © Tom Dunigan