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NC Coastal Lookout Inventory

Updated May 10, 2008

Coastal NC Statistics

 54 Standing Lookout Towers

23 Removed Lookout Towers

15 Unknown Lookout Towers

 

Name

County

Quad

Coordinates (N,W)

Ownership

Status

Photo

Built

Height

Stairs

Info

Bannerman

Pender

Stag Park

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1951

120'

 

 

Belcross

Camden

Shiloh

 

NCDFR D7

Standing (2002)

No

1968

120'

 

 

Bolivia

Brunswick

Bolivia

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

No

1929

99'9"

 

 

Catherine Lake

Onslow

Catherine Lake

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1958

120'

 

 

Cedar Creek

Cumberland

Autryville

 

NCDFR D6

Standing (2007)

Yes

1934

99'9"

 

 

Chadbourn

Columbus

Chadbourn

 

NCDFR D8

Standing

Yes

 

99'9"

134/14

 

Chesapeake

Gates

Merchants Millpond

 

NCDFR D7

Standing (2003)

Yes

1942

120'

 

 

Chinquapin

Duplin

Chinquapin

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9"

 

Lower Planks Removed

Chowan

Chowan

Valhalla

 

NCDFR D7

Standing (2002)

No

1948

120'

 

moved 1968 - where?

Clinton

Sampson

Clinton South 

 

NCDFR D6

Standing

Yes

1951

120'

 

Access Allowed By Ranger

Columbia

Tyrrell

Scotia

 

NCDFR D13

Standing (2007)

Yes

1946

120'

 

 

Comfort

Onslow

Richlands

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9"

 

 

Deppe

Onslow

Kellum

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1949

120'

 

 

Dixon (new)

Onslow

Sneads Ferry

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

 

120'

 

USMC modern tower

Dudley

Wayne

SW Goldsboro

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

No

1935

99'9"

 

 

East Lake

Dare

Buffalo City

 

NCDFR D13

Standing (2007)

No

1949

120'

 

 

East Robeson

Robeson

Tar Heel

 

East Robeson F.D.

Standing (2007)

Yes

1935

99'9"

 

Bottom Flight of Stairs Removed

Edgecombe

Edgecombe

Tarboro

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

Yes

1932

93'

 

 

Everett

Beaufort 

Pinetown

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9"

 

 

Fountain

Edgecombe

Fountain

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

Yes

1959

120'

 

Bottom Flight Stairs Removed

Grantsboro

Pamlico

Bayboro

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1947

120'

 

Pamlico County Historical Society Has Interest in Tower

Greenville

Pitt

Greenville SE

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

 

1966

99'9"

 

moved in 1936 - from where?

Hassell

Martin

Oak City

 

NCDFR D7

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9

 

 

Jones Lake

Bladen

Elizabethtown N

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2005)

Yes

1935

99'9"

 

Stairs Gated

Kellys Pond

Lenoir

Rivermont

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1937

99'9"

 

 

Lagoon

Bladen

Singletary Lake

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2005)

No

1937

100'

 

 

Lejeune

Onslow

New River Inlet

 

USMC

Standing (2007)

Yes

 

 

 

 

Maco

Brunswick

Acme

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9"

 

 

Medoc

Halifax

Ringwood

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

Yes

1949

99'9"

 

 

Newkirk

Sampson

Tomahawk

 

NCDFR D6

Standing (2005)

No

1936

99'9"

 

 

Orton

Brunswick

Carolina Beach

 

private -Orton Plantationon

Standing (2007)

No

 

 

 

 

Otway

Carteret 

Williston

 

NCDFR D4

Planned for removal

No

1950

120'

 

 

Palestine

Cumberland

Slocomb

 

NCDFR D6

Standing (2007)

Yes

1927

60'

 

 

Parkton

Robeson  

Parkton

 

NCDFR D6

Standing (2007)

Yes

1928

99'9"

 

Bottom Flight Stairs Removed

Pembroke

Robeson

Pembroke

 

NCDFR D6

Standing (2007)

Yes

1928

85'

107/11

Off Cherry Ln.

Proctorville

Robeson

Fairmont

 

NCDFR D6

Standing

Yes

1934

99'9"

132/8

Fenced

Redditt

Beaufort

Edward

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

No

1936

99'9"

 

 

Riegel

Brunswick

Honey Island

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

No

1948

120'

 

 

Rocky Point

Pender

Rocky Point

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

No

1952

120'

 

 

Rose Hill

Duplin

Rose Hill

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

99'9"

 

Buck Taylor

Scranton

Hyde

Ponzer

 

NCDFR D13

Standing (2007)

Yes

1946

120'

 

 

Scuppernong

Washington

Leonards Point

 

NCDFR D13

Standing (2007)

Yes

1950

120'

 

 

Shallotte

Brunswick

Shallotte

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1935

99'9"

 

 

Snow Hill

Greene

Walstonburg

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

Yes

1934

86'3"

 

Bottom Flight Planks Removed, FS Building/Office

South Mills

Pasquotank

Lynchs Corner

 

NCDFR D7

Standing (2007)

No

1972

120'

 

Moved from Knightdale

Top Sail

Pender

Holly Ridge

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1968

120'

 

Also Know as Barlowes Tower

Tuscarora

Craven

Jasper

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1934

99'9"

 

 

Waccamaw

Columbus

Lake Waccamaw E

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1929

99'9"

 

 

Wards Corner

Pender

Costin

 

NCDFR D8

Standing (2007)

Yes

1936

120'

 

Adjacent to FS Building/Office

Wilmar

Craven

Wilmar

 

NCDFR D4

Standing (2007)

Yes

1935

99'9"

 

 

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

 

NCDFR D5

Standing (2007)

No

1932

99'9"

 

Moved 1962….(?)

Name

County

Quad

Coordinates (N,W)

Ownership

Status

Photo

Built

Height

Stairs

Info

Ashokie (Camp?)

Hertford

 

 

NCFDR D7

Unknown

 

1928

103'

 

"Camp Manufacturing Company"

Clarkton

Bladen

Clarkton

 

NCDFR D8

Unknown

 

1952

120'

 

 

Elizabethtown

Bladen

Abbottsburg

 

 Unknown

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

Engelhard

Hyde

Engelhard West

 

NCDFR D13

Unknown

No

1954

120'

 

 

Giddensville

Sampson

Dobbersville

 

NCDFR D6

Unknown

No

1952

120'

 

 

Green Cross

Bertie

Windsor North

 

NCDFR D7

Unknown

No

1964

99'9

 

moved in 1934 - from where?

Jackson

Northampton

Galatia

 

NCDFR D5

Unknown

No

1934

86'3"

 

 

Kilkenny

Tyrrell

Fairfield

 

NCDFR D13

Unknown

No

1958

120'

 

 

Nakina

Columbus

Nakina

 

NCDFR D8

Unknown

No

1931

99'9"

 

 

Pink Hill

Duplin

Albertson

 

NCDFR D8

Unknown

 

1937

100'

 

 

Riddicksville

Hertford

Riverdale

 

 

Unknown

No

 

 

 

 

Rosemead

Bertie

Colerain

 

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

Simmons (Newport)

Carteret

Newport

 

Croatan NF

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas

Hertford

Union

 

 

Unknown

 

1929

93'

 

"sold"?

Wenona

Washington

Pike Road

 

NCDFR D13

Unknown

No

1948

100'

 

Also Known as Pungo (USFWS?)

Name

County

Quad

Coordinates (N,W)

Ownership

Status

Photo

Built

Height

Stairs

Info

Black Swamp

Jones

Pollocksville?

 

USFS - Croatan

Removed

No

 

 

 

same as Island Creek?

Fort Fisher

New Hanover

Kure Beach

 

Unknown

Removed

No

 

 

 

US Military?, Footings

Hobuken

Pamlico

 

 

NCDFR D4

Removed

No

1963

120'

 

 

Chadbourn

Columbus

Chadbourne

 

NCDFR D8

Removed

No

1930

100'

 

Moved North; House

Croatan

Craven

Havelock

 

USFS - Croatan

Removed

 

 

 

 

 

Dixon (old)

Onslow

Sneads Ferry

 

NCDFR D4

Replaced

 

1936

120'

 

moved from where?

Hobuken

Pamlico

 

 

NCDFR D4

Removed

No

1963

120'

 

 

Hope Mills

Cumberland

Hope Mills

 

NCDFR D6

Removed

No

1966

80'

 

"moved and raised" - to where?

Hubert

Onslow

Camp Lejeune

 

USMC?

Removed

No

 

 

 

 

Island Creek

Jones

Pollocksville 

 

USFS - Croatan

Removed (>1983)

No

 

100'

 

USFS Transfer to NCDFR

Liles

Halifax

Thelma

 

Unknown

Removed

 

1935

79'6"

 

 

Long Shoal

Dare

Long Shoal Point

 

Unknown

Removed (>1974)

 

 

 

 

 

Maxton

Robeson

Maxton

 

NCDFR D6

Removed

No

1964

120'

 

Privately erected, manned by NCDFR; Lot /w concrete step

Peletier

Carteret 

Swansboro Hadn

 

USFS - Croatan

Removed

 

 

 

 

 

Plymouth

Washington

Plymouth East

 

Unknown

Removed? (>1989)

No

 

 

 

 

Sea Breeze

New Hanover

Carolina Beach

 

Unknown

Removed

No

 

 

 

 

South Mills (old)

Pasquotank

Lynchs Corner

 

NCDFR D7

Removed

No

1944

99'9"

 

original site?

Stumpy Point

Dare

Engelhard

 

NCDFR D13

Removed (2008)

Yes

1953

120'

 

 

Wallace

Duplin

Rose Hill

 

NCDFR D8

Removed

No

 

 

 

Moved?

Wayne (Fremont)

Wayne

Fremont

 

NCDFR D5

Removed?

No

 

120'

 

"relocated to Cultural Resources"??, Also Known As Aycock tower - 1966?

Williams Lake

Sampson

Mingo

 

NCDFR D6

Removed

No

1952

120'

 

 

Winfall

Perquimans

Hertford

 

NCDFR D7

Removed

No

1944

99'9"

 

Footings

Woodville

Bertie

Woodville

 

Unknown

Removed? (>1985)

No

1928

80'

 

moved 1936