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Fire lookout · Thomas County, Georgia

Thomas (Thomasville) Lookout Tower

Also known as thomas

Steel lookout built 1937 at the Georgia Forestry Commission office in Thomasville; the register says it currently houses radio repeater equipment, though its notes are undated.

Visit & stay

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Access

Access unknown

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Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a towerRegister says it appears to be an Aermotor LS-40 or MC-39 (uncertain); 90 feet high with a 7-by-7-by-10-foot steel cabThe designs: Aermotor LS-40, Aermotor MC-39
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1937
Height
Unknown
Elevation
294 ft (90 m)
Agency
Georgia Forestry Commission
Land
Unknown
Location
Thomas County, Georgia
Coordinates
30.88113, −83.93087
Registers
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ga-thomas-thomasville

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History

Then and now

  1. 1937 BuiltRegister build fieldSource: nhlr.org
  2. No record between 1937 and 2014
  3. 2014 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered on the National Historic Lookout Register on March 27, 2014Source: nhlr.org
  4. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Thomas (Thomasville) Lookout Tower stands at the Georgia Forestry Commission office in Thomasville, in Thomas County, Georgia.1 The register gives its elevation as 294 feet (90 m).1 A Georgia tower list on tnlandforms.us gives 282 for the same coordinates and names no unit, so this story follows the register.2

The register gives the tower a build year of 1937.1 It says the model is uncertain, either an Aermotor LS-40 or an MC-39.1 It describes the tower as 90 feet high with a 7-by-7-by-10-foot steel cab, and notes that its stairs are relatively short, with more landings than most.1

The register rates the condition as fair to good and says the tower is probably manned as needed.1 It currently holds radio repeater gear.1 It was registered on March 27, 2014, on a nomination by Michael T. Finch, Jr.1

The register does not date its notes, so its statements about condition, staffing and radio equipment may be out of date. The sources do not say whether visitors may climb it or whether the public has access, so do not climb it without the Commission's permission.1

  1. Thomas (Thomasville) Lookout Tower, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ga/thomas-thomasville-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Georgia fire tower list (gatowers.html), tnlandforms.us, https://tnlandforms.us/gatowers.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Thomas (Thomasville) Lookout Tower
Photo: Michael T. Finch, Jr., 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, 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: type, 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. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, agency, 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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