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Fire lookout · Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Dancing Ridge Tower Site II

Steel Blaw-Knox tower moved from Snow Hill in 1935 and removed in 1975; a 2004 survey-mark page found only concrete footings left on the summit.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Tower removed in 1975; the survey-enthusiast page reports only concrete footings remain

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerBlaw-Knox steel towerThe design: Blaw-Knox
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
Unknown
Elevation
1,333 ft (406 m)
Agency
Unknown
Land
Unknown
Location
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
41.16370, −75.17046
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-pa-dancing-ridge-tower-site-ii

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History

Then and now

  1. 1917 EventUnimproved bald-top observation point listed under the Dancing Ridge name: used circa 1917 (statewide list), established prior to 1918 (regional listing); neither list says whether it is this site, so the story does not link it to the summit or the steel towerSources: easternuslookouts.weebly.com, firelookout.ipage.com
  2. No record between 1917 and 1935
  3. 1935 MovedSteel tower moved from Snow Hill and renamed Dancing Ridge; the Dancing Ridge register says it was constructed in 1935Sources: firetower.org, firetower.org
  4. No record between 1935 and 1975
  5. 1975 RemovedTower removed; the register and the statewide list both give 1975Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.ipage.com
  6. No record between 1975 and 2004
  7. 2004 EventSurvey station on the summit recovered in destroyed condition on June 17, 2004; only concrete footings reportedSource: thesurveystation.com
  8. 2008 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered on the Former Fire Lookout Sites register on September 16, 2008Source: firetower.org
  9. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Dancing Ridge sits in Monroe County, in what the regional lookout listing places within Delaware State Forest.1 The steel tower that once stood there came from another site.2,3 The Snow Hill lookout, also in Monroe County, first had a tower on a building, then a wooden one, and finally a steel one.3 In 1935 that steel tower was relocated and given the name Dancing Ridge.3

The Dancing Ridge register describes the same Blaw-Knox steel tower as built in 1935 and brought from Snow Hill.2 The two registers agree that the tower moved, but they do not agree on what 1935 marks, and the sources we read do not settle it.2,3

Both listings also carry an unimproved bald-top observation point under the Dancing Ridge name. The regional listing says it was established before 1918,1 and the statewide list gives circa 1917 as its years of use.4 Neither list says whether that point is the same place as this site, so we have not linked it to the steel tower.

The tower was removed in 1975, according to both the Dancing Ridge register and the statewide list.2,4 The register also carries a photograph credited to Pete Carron and captioned "Tower remains in 2000." It does not explain what that photograph shows.2

Today, the most detailed account we found is a survey enthusiast's page about the summit's survey marker. It reports that the marker turned up destroyed on June 17, 2004.5 The writers describe four concrete footings for the tower's legs and possibly a platform at the foot of the stairs, but no standing tower.5 No source says whether the site is open to visitors or how to reach it.

  1. Pennsylvania (A-F) Forest Lookouts, Eastern US Forest Lookouts, https://easternuslookouts.weebly.com/pennsylvania-a-f.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Dancing Ridge Tower Site II, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, Forest Fire Lookout Association, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/pa/dancing-ridge-tower-site-ii/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Snow Hill Tower Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, Forest Fire Lookout Association, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/pa/snow-hill-tower-site/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Pennsylvania Fire Lookouts, State Listing Page, firelookout.ipage.com, https://firelookout.ipage.com/lo-pennsylvania.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  5. Ly2684, DANCING RIDGE FIRE TOWER (LY2684), Zhanna's SurveyStation, https://thesurveystation.com/surveymarks/ly2684/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Photo of Dancing Ridge Tower Site II
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Tower remains in 2000 (Photos
Tower remains in 2000 (Photos (2000)Photo: Pete Carron, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, type, what it is built of, status, register numbers, dates, photos, links Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, 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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