Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
There is an excellent gravel parking area waiting for you at the trailhead that
can easily accommodate twenty cars. The surrounding property is owned by
Alabama Power. You will see roads heading up toward the top here. Heed the
signs that ask you to not use those roads. It is private property.
The trail begins on the northeast side of the parking lot. A large white sign read-
ing “To Tower” points the way. The path is well blazed with white paint markings.
CRATA uses standard double blazes (“dit-dots”) to indicate turns in the trail.
A couple of warnings are in order. While the climb is fairly easy, you do have
some drop-offs around the rocky bluffs. Use caution. And being the tallest struc-
ture in the area on top of an open mountain top means that the tower is not the
safest place to be in a thunderstorm. If bad weather starts moving in, move down
off the mountain.
There is one other thing of interest at the summit. Once you get to the top, you
will see the foundation of an old building. This building was once the ranger sta-
tion for the fire tower. CRATA has plans to rebuild the structure in the future and
set up a museum.
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