Barnett Knob Fire Tower
Barnett Knob Fire Tower is a tower in Qualla Township, Jackson, North Carolina. Barnett Knob Fire Tower is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Big Witch Gap, as well as near the hamlet Ravensford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravensford and Cherokee.
Ravensford
Hamlet
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people. Ravensford is situated 3½ miles west of Barnett Knob Fire Tower.
Cherokee
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
Barnett Knob Fire Tower
- Type: Tower
- Location: Qualla Township, Jackson, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.52439° or 35° 31′ 28″ northLongitude
-83.23607° or 83° 14′ 10″ westInception
1932Height
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
867RGQF7+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 10181314157OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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