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Lookouts we can't place yet in North Carolina
19 lookouts in North Carolina 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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Alleghany County, North Carolina
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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Bayleaf
Wake County, North Carolina
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Several lookouts of this name are already on the map in North Carolina; this listing may be one of them.
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Bayleaf - 2
Wake County, North Carolina
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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Camp
Hertford County, North Carolina
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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Camp Creek Bald
Madison County, North Carolina
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Several lookouts of this name are already on the map in North Carolina; this listing may be one of them.
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Camp Parrydice
North Carolina, 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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Carolina Hotel (Pinehurst)
Moore County, North Carolina
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: Pinehurst. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Pinehurst on the map.
Suggest a location for Carolina Hotel (Pinehurst) (opens GitHub)
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Carthage Courthouse
Moore County, North Carolina
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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Caswell County
Caswell County, North Carolina
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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Corbin Mountain
Henderson County, North Carolina
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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Dixon
Onslow County, North Carolina
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Several lookouts of this name are already on the map in North Carolina; this listing may be one of them.
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Duke Chapel Tower (Durham)
North Carolina, 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.
Suggest a location for Duke Chapel Tower (Durham) (opens GitHub)
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Glover
Nash County, North Carolina
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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Hillsborough
Orange County, North Carolina
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: Hillsborough. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Hillsborough on the map.
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Johanna Bald
Cherokee County, North Carolina
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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Linney's Mountain
Alexander County, North Carolina
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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Shalotte
Brunswick County, North Carolina
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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South Mills (New)
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
Several lookouts of this name are already on the map in North Carolina; this listing may be one of them.
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Standing Indian Bald
Macon County, North Carolina
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.