Barren Mountain Lookout
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Status: Standing Lookout/cab-less
Elevation: 2,640 feet
Prominence: 1,520 feet
State: Maine
County: Piscataquis
AT Access: Trail over the summit
Mile Marker: 2098
Lookout History
In 1941, a team from the Coast and Geodetic Survey visited the summit placing benchmarks. No mentions of any structures at that time. They did use (likely build) a 15-foot pole tower to make their survey lines.
In 1951, the steel Pleasant Pond Mountain tower was moved to Barren Mountain.
In 1955, a team from the Coast and Geodetic Survey visited and described the tower as a Maine Forest Service lookout tower that is constructed of four steel legs with an 8 foot square house on top that is painted white, and about 40 feet in height.
In 1965 there was an active lookout man working according to a AT hiker journal.
The tower is still standing but no cab.
Barren Mountain is the first big peak along the 100-mile wilderness section of the Appalachian Trail.
Photo by globetrotterhikes
Photo by Maine by Foot
Showing Appalachian Trail route over Barren Mountain
Photo by Katushka Blahaj
Photo by She Hikes Mountains
Photos by globetrotterhikes
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