Sugar Run Mountain Lookout Site
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Status: Former Lookout
Elevation: 4,087 feet
Prominence: 1,677 feet
State: Virginia
County: Giles
AT Access: 0.2 mile detour with 40 foot gain
Mile Marker: 620.8
Lookout History
In 1934, a USGS party placed a benchmark at the summit. They said they placed it about 90 yards east of the Flat Top Fire Tower on the north edge of the ridge.

In 1952, the USGS returned and mentioned that the lookout tower was still there.

In 1964, the USGS returned and mentioned that the lookout tower was still there but their measurements seem to indicate that the tower could have been moved a short distance.
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Located at the head of Sugar Run, this tower was at the junction of Pearis, Sugar Run and Flat Top Mountains. This is in Jefferson National Forest south of Pearisburg. There are other Flat Top lookouts in Virginia, including the standing lookout in Moses Cone Memorial Park north of Roanoke.
(Flat Top Fire Tower)
Sugar Run Mountain map Sugar Run Mountain map
AT route as it passes under Sugar Run Mountain
Sugar Run Mountain Lookout on a 1934 map