Hiking and Attractions
Big Walker Lookout Tower is a stop on a network of hiking trails on the Big Walker Mountain Loop, part of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail network, which includes the following trails and recreation areas:
- Big Survey Wildlife Management Area
- Seven Sisters Trail
- East Fork Stony Fork Creek
- Big Bend Picnic Area
- Big Walker Lookout
- Monster Rock Trail
- Dark Horse Hollow Picnic Area
- Crawfish Valley
- Rural Retreat Lake
- Appalachian Trail (near the Settler's Museum in Groseclose)
Birds sited at the Big Walker Lookout include: wild turkey; black vultures; bald eagles and golden eagles; American kestrels; peregrine falcons; and sharp-shinned, Cooper's, broad-winged, and red-tailed hawks.
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