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High Knob Fire Tower

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Summary

High Knob Fire Tower is a fire lookout tower[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pendleton County[3], Rockingham County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Operator: United States Forest Service[7]
  • Named after: High Knob[8]
  • Commons category: High Knob Fire Tower[9]
  • Coordinate location: 38.568665914189914, -79.17062001762702[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: High Knob[11]
  • Described at URL: https://www.friendsofshenandoahmountain.org/hike-to-high-knob-fire-tower.html[12], https://www.friendsofshenandoahmountain.org/history-of-high-knob-fire-tower.html[13], https://www.virginia.org/Listings/HistoricSites/HighKnobFireTower/[14]
  • Native label: High Knob Fire Tower[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 4107 feet[16]
  • Located in protected area: George Washington National Forest[17]
  • Mountain range: Appalachian Mountains[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . virginia.org. virginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → High Knob
    Winter view → High Point Lookout Tower - Bradywine, WV.jpg
    Operator → United States Forest Service
    Wikidata description → historic fire lookout
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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