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Ever climb a fire tower?
Posted on 9/9/24 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 9/9/24 at 4:55 pm
Lots of fire towers in south Alabama and Mississippi. I'd love to climb one but it seems most are fenced off and don't want visitors. Anybody know of a public one or been up one?
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Posted on 9/9/24 at 4:56 pm to tadman
Several along the AT open to the public
Posted on 9/9/24 at 4:57 pm to tadman
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Ever climb a fire tower?
used to climb one north of Shreveport years ago, would lug a few beers up there and enjoy the view, doubt it’s accessible anymore
Posted on 9/9/24 at 4:57 pm to tadman
I've gotten 1/2 way up on a few in northern WI before I wimp out and go back down.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:01 pm to tadman
A couple of my buddies and me did back in high school. You can definitely see a long ways off from up that high
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:05 pm to tadman
Yes. Wife and I rented one in Colorado for 2 nights, many moons ago. Jersey Jim's Fire Tower.
Pretty cool experience. I highly recommend.
Pretty cool experience. I highly recommend.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:07 pm to tadman
Liverpool fire tower in northern St. Helena Parish. Climbed it several times in high school, and it’s still accessible today.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:07 pm to tadman
This is how they did it back in the day
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:08 pm to tadman
I've climbed the Smith Mountain fire tower at Lake Martin many, many times. Actually got some shots of it from the water a week ago.
and here are some pictures from years past from the top of the tower
and here are some pictures from years past from the top of the tower
This post was edited on 9/9/24 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:22 pm to tadman
This was the last one. But more like climbing to a tower vs climbing a tower.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iBMQJY3C3FjsmNcN8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iBMQJY3C3FjsmNcN8
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:29 pm to wheelr
That is a helluva hike.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:30 pm to tadman
When I was a kid they had one on barksdale AFB… it was in the back reservation…I think abandoned.. nothing in it… my dad use to drop my brother and I off back there with friends and we would rough camp a few nights… We would go up it a lot to goof around.. two of my friends climbed down once on the outside .. I used the steps!!
I did a lot of stupid things…
I did a lot of stupid things…
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:31 pm to Thecoz
No, but i’ve climbed a moon tower
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:33 pm to Funky Tide 8
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That is a helluva hike.
It was a spur of the moment thing too. Tore up our knees trying to make a quick descent before dark.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:34 pm to tadman
My grand dad worked for the Arkansas Dept of Forestry for 20yr and as a i was a child there were 2 towers he was reponsible for. One inbetween Crossett and Fountain Hill and one between Fountain Hill and Monticello.
They had a base station radio and a view that was outta this world amazing.
I miss him and spending hours up there just taking all of that view into my young mind.
We ate bagged lunches and peeled apples out of those fold out windows. Not a clue why we peeled the apples out the window but we did and I still have that knife some 45yrs later and 22yrs since his passing.
ETA: Called my uncle...
Crossroads Fire Tower Crossett,Arkansas
Now on the National Register of Historic Places.
They had a base station radio and a view that was outta this world amazing.
I miss him and spending hours up there just taking all of that view into my young mind.
We ate bagged lunches and peeled apples out of those fold out windows. Not a clue why we peeled the apples out the window but we did and I still have that knife some 45yrs later and 22yrs since his passing.
ETA: Called my uncle...
Crossroads Fire Tower Crossett,Arkansas
Now on the National Register of Historic Places.
This post was edited on 9/9/24 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:39 pm to tadman
Yep, one just east of Oakdale, La. Makes one heck of a deer stand…
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:46 pm to tadman
We had one outside of my hometown we used to climb in high school.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 5:50 pm to tadman
Probably more than a hundred times.
My dad was a forester, grew up with the second tallest one in Louisiana literally in my backyard.
My dad was a forester, grew up with the second tallest one in Louisiana literally in my backyard.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 6:07 pm to tadman
There was one in Crossroads, Mississippi, about five miles outside of Bogalusa. We'd ride our bikes there and climb it. We also climbed a water tower just before we graduated from high school.
Posted on 9/9/24 at 6:10 pm to IndianPower
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My grand dad worked for the Arkansas Dept of Forestry for 20yr and as a i was a child there were 2 towers he was reponsible for. One inbetween Crossett and Fountain Hill and one between Fountain Hill and Monticello.
Small world. My Pappaw and Mammaw worked the tower in Hamburg and also retired from the Arkansas Dept of Forestry. My Mammaw was supposedly a cracker jack at spotting fires and pinpointing the location based on the grid coordinate map they'd use in the tower.
The tower was dismantled many years ago and a cell phone tower stands in its' place now.
I miss those simpler times.
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