BUCHANAN STATE FOREST DISTRICT 
This District Comprises: 
36 townships in Bedford County. 
11 townships in Faiton County. 
9 townships in Franklin County. 
1 township in Huntingdon County. 
The total acreage is 501,000 acres of private forest land, and 
22,570 acres of State Forest land. In the District are four steel 
forest fire observation towers. They are: 
Tuscarora Tower — elevation 2,440 feet above sea level; 
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located on Tuscarora mountain, two and one-half miles north of 
Lincoln Highway, in Franklin County. 
Martin Hill Tower — elevation 3,075 feet above sea level 
located on Martin mountain, six miles south of Rainsburg, in Bedford 
Count y. 
Blue Knob Tower — elevation 3,165 feet above sea level; 
located three miles north of Pavia, in Bedford County. 
Sideling Hill Tower — elevation 2,360 feet above sea 
level; located three-fourths of a mile south of Lincoln Highway, in 
Fulton County. 
An observer, or watchman, is on duty at each tower from 
March 15 to June 1, and October 1 to December 1, each year. 
Toxvers are connected by telephones with District 
Forester T s office, at MeConnellsburg, with Inspectors, and with a 
large number of Forest Fire Wardens. 
Nineteen miles of telephone line have been constructed to 
connect towers with commercial lines. 
