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Fire lookout · Lowndes County, Georgia

Lowndes County Fire Tower

Also known as lowndes

1937 CCC-built 100-foot Aermotor fire tower near Delmar, Lowndes County, Georgia; GFC-administered and NHLR-registered 2021; in active use as of 2020.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Restricted access

Access is seasonal, gated or needs a permit. Check before you go. The NHLR says the tower was in active use as of 2020 because of restricted airspace around Moody Air Force Base. No public visit information was found.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
No public visit route found. Check with the Georgia Forestry Commission before visiting.
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower100-foot steel Aermotor tower with a 7 by 7 foot cabThe design: Aermotor
Built of
Steel
Built
1937
Height
100 ft (30.5 m)
Elevation
218 ft (66 m)
Agency
Georgia Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Lowndes County, Georgia
Coordinates
30.85861, −83.20703
Registers
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ga-lowndes-county

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History

Then and now

  1. 1937 BuiltBuilt with CCC labor; construction sponsored by the Grand Bay Timber Protective Association. A 1937 newspaper item says construction had begun.Sources: nhlr.org, easternuslookouts.weebly.com
  2. No record between 1937 and 2003
  3. 2003 AlteredWooden steps replaced by Georgia Forestry Commission personnelSource: nhlr.org
  4. No record between 2003 and 2020
  5. 2020 AlteredWindows replaced and exterior repainted by contractorsSource: nhlr.org
  6. 2021 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered January 8, 2021 as US 1474, GA 28; nominated by Angela KufrovichSource: nhlr.org
  7. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 8 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

According to the National Historic Lookout Register, the Lowndes County Fire Tower dates to 1937, and CCC workers helped build it.1 A newspaper item dated August 29, 1937, and credited to The Atlanta Constitution, reported that construction had begun on the county's first steel fire tower near Delmar, between Valdosta and Naylor.2

The Register describes a 100-foot steel Aermotor tower with a 7-by-7-foot cab. The Grand Bay Timber Protective Association backed the project.1,2

The sources do not name anyone who staffed the tower or any fire it watched. According to the Register, Georgia Forestry Commission staff swapped out the wooden steps in 2003, and outside contractors put in new windows and repainted the exterior in 2020.1

The Register lists the Georgia Forestry Commission as administrator.1 It records a registration on January 8, 2021, with Angela Kufrovich as nominator.1 The Register says that as of 2020 the tower was still in active use, owing to restricted airspace near Moody Air Force Base.1

The sources do not say whether the public can visit or climb the tower today, and the newest status note in them is from 2020. The Register gives the elevation as 218 feet, while a Georgia tower list gives 215 feet.1,3

  1. Lowndes County Fire Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ga/lowndes-county-fire-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  2. Lowndes County, Forest Lookouts, https://easternuslookouts.weebly.com/lowndes-county.html (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  3. Georgia lookout towers, tnlandforms.us, https://tnlandforms.us/gatowers.html (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩

Photos

Photo of Lowndes County Fire Tower
Photo: Angela Kufrovich, via National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, type, what it is built of, status, register numbers, agency, dates, photos, links National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. tnlandforms.us fire lookout towers (Tom Dunigan) -- GA, NC, TN Gave us: register numbers, links tnlandforms.us (Tom Dunigan) · No licence stated; facts only (coordinates, county, elevation, NGS/GFC/BLL register cross-references, status where given). · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  3. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) Gave us: links easternuslookouts.weebly.com · No licence stated; facts only (county, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, status, height, design hints, register links). The site's own historical quotes, newspaper citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, access, visiting details, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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