The Flagg Mountain Tower is open to the public after a series of renovations and refurbishing efforts were made to get the tower back in tourist shape.
Flagg Mountain, known as the “jewel of Weogufka State Forest,” rests at around 1,100 feet above sea level and marks the beginning of the 335-mile long Pinhoti National Recreation Trail which stretches across northeast Alabama into Georgia.
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