In Epworth, Georgia, a 60-foot steel watchtower is listed for $1,200,000. It rises above the forest of the Cohutta Mountains, with a glass cabin perched on top.
The property is a one-bedroom, one-bathroom studio apartment with a kitchenette, set on 14.31 acres next to the Chattahoochee National Forest. It is known as River Forest Lookout.
Outside, two 20-foot shipping containers sit on a custom steel tower reinforced with about 300,000 pounds of concrete. Walls of glass look out over the mountains and the valley below.
Inside, the bedroom has an orange quilted bed, blue walls and a floor-to-ceiling window looking out to the autumn trees. A skylight brings in the sky above.
The living space has a wood-burning stove, a kitchenette and a full bathroom with a vanity under a large window. A spiral staircase leads up to the rooftop terrace.
The rooftop terrace has a fire pit with blue glass and a flame, with solar panels and autumn hills all around. It is a place for stargazing above the trees.
The land has about 3,000 feet of private frontage on the Jacks River, a trout stream with cascading waterfalls, deep swimming holes and trophy trout waters.
The property is off-grid, with solar power, a well, a septic system and a generator. An additional installed and permitted septic system offers room for a second retreat.
Getting there is part of the adventure: visitors need a four-wheel-drive vehicle, gravel roads and a crossing of the shallow Jacks River. Once inside, guests climb 82 steel-grated stairs, with a lift for luggage.
The tower was completed in 2023 and has been run as a short-term rental from March through Thanksgiving, earning about $92,000 in nine months of 2026, with five-star reviews. It is sold fully furnished and turn-key.
The property is about 30 minutes from downtown Blue Ridge and about 100 miles from Atlanta, with native hemlocks and the forest all around. It has been featured in Dwell Magazine.
This watchtower is listed by Logan Fitts, Mountain Sotheby’s International Realty, MLS #437257. See the full listing here: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1578-Jacks-River-Rd-Epworth-GA-30541/316800849_zpid/ — photos courtesy of the listing.