Situated atop Peters Mountain, it is near the terminus of Section 4 of the Allegheny Trail (which is incomplete), although two segments are open and available for backpacking. The trail is open from the southern terminus of section 3 to Interstate 64, where it breaks and picks up again at Laurel Branch in Monroe County, ending on Peters Mountain at a junction with the Appalachian Trail. Here the observatory, once a fire obeservation tower and now a bird watchers paradise, offers a view of the surrounding counties at 3,800plus feet.
