Potts Mountain Lookout Site

Potts Mountain is a very long ridge that has two fire lookouts labeled on maps. Nearly everything I have found refers to the more northern one in Craig County that is not on the Appalachian Trail. The location that the Appalachian Trail passes over says Stony Creek Lookout Tower on the map and is located in Giles County. This label on the map starts appearing in 1965.

Also:
Do not confuse it with the standing Stony Mountain Fire Tower in Pennsylvania that is near the Appalachian Trail up there.

The other Potts Mountain lookout.
Built in the 1930s, around 50 acres were cleared to view out. A 1936 news article said the following:

"Nobody did anything about a big bear's depredations on sheep in the Potts creek section until the fire warden took the initiative. He suggested immediate action by telephone when the bear kept him on his steel fire tower past supper time. The 275-pound bear fell to the rifles of Marshall Taylor and Murrel Helms."