Hogback Mountain Lookout Site

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Status: Former Lookout
Elevation: 3,474 feet
Prominence: 1,154 feet
State: Virginia
County: Warren (County Highpoint) and Rappahannock
AT Access: Trail over the top
Mile Marker: 955.7

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Hogback Mountain is the highest peak in the northern portion of Shenandoah National Park. In the winter of 1942-43, CPS workers built the fire lookout tower and a cabin on the summit. CPS camps provided public service in civilian work as an alternative to military service for conscientious objectors. This helped cushion the blow for the National Park when losing CCC labor.

Shenandoah L.O.

Hogback Lookout Tower on a 1950 map

Hogback Mountain Lookout 1991 Renick Proffitt photo

AT as it passes over Hogback Mountain