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Lookouts we can't place yet in Maryland
15 lookouts in Maryland are named by our sources, but none says where they stood, so they are not on the map. Know where one stood? Use its Suggest a location button: it opens a short form on GitHub with the lookout filled in.
The list
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Burtonsville
Prince George's County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.
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Cardiff
Harford County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Cardiff. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Cardiff on the map.
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Fair Hill
Harford County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Fair Hill. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Fair Hill on the map.
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Fairview
Washington County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, only several towns of the name.
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Gambrill State Park
Frederick County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Its name says only “lookout” or “tower”, so there is nothing to look up.
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High Knob
Maryland, county not recorded
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No source says which county it was in, so we cannot look it up.
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Quantico
Wicomico County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Several lookouts of this name are already on the map in Maryland; this listing may be one of them.
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Rising Sun
Cecil County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Rising Sun. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Rising Sun on the map.
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Rising Sun AWS
Cecil County, Maryland
Listed by FFLA (opens another site)
The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.
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Snaggy Mountain (Pitch Pine Rock)
Garrett County, Maryland
Listed by FFLA (opens another site), FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
The USGS gazetteer has no hill, ridge or town of this name in the county.
Suggest a location for Snaggy Mountain (Pitch Pine Rock) (opens GitHub)
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Spring Hill
Maryland, county not recorded
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No source says which county it was in, so we cannot look it up.
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St. John's Rock
Maryland, county not recorded
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No source says which county it was in, so we cannot look it up.
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Stoney Forest
Hartford County, Maryland
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
We could not find the county “Hartford” in Maryland, so we cannot look it up.
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Thayerville (Loc 1)
Garrett County, Maryland
Listed by FFLA (opens another site)
No hill or ridge of this name in the county, but there is a town: Thayerville. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Thayerville on the map.
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Western Union
Maryland, county not recorded
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
No source says which county it was in, so we cannot look it up.