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Lookouts we can't place yet in Tennessee
13 lookouts in Tennessee 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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Beaver Bald
Tennessee, 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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Beech Bluff
Tennessee, 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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English Mountain
Sevier County, Tennessee
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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Fisherville
Fayette County, Tennessee
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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Hiwassee Knob
Monroe County, Tennessee
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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Maynardville
Grainger County, Tennessee
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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Monterey
Putnam County, Tennessee
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: Monterey. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Monterey on the map.
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Mooresburg (Flat Gap)
Hawkins County, Tennessee
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: Mooresburg. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Mooresburg on the map.
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Roan Mountain (High Knob)
Carter County, Tennessee
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
A lookout already on the map stands 14 m from Roan Mountain: Wolf Ridge. It may be this one under another name.
Suggest a location for Roan Mountain (High Knob) (opens GitHub)
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Sassafras Knob
Polk County, Tennessee
Listed by FOREST LOOKOUTS -- eastern US (easternuslookouts.weebly.com) (opens another site)
A lookout already on the map stands 39 m from Sassafras Knob: Little Frog. It may be this one under another name.
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Sparta
White County, Tennessee
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: Sparta. Many fire towers were named for the nearest town. See Sparta on the map.
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Stoney Point
Dickson County, Tennessee
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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Sullivan's Ridge
Davidson County, Tennessee
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.