Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the observation tower and access trail at Look Rock, located on the Foothills Parkway in Blount County, Tenn., will be closed to visitors from Monday, June16 to Friday, June 20. The closure is required for the completion of repairs to equipment at the tower.
The Look Rock Tower serves as a public observation tower, an Air Quality monitoring site, and also hosts radio repeaters which serve the Park, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, Ft. Loudon Electric Cooperative, and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service.
