SITE DESCRIPTION

SITE DESCRIPTION:
"The Soddy Mountain hawk lookout is located in southeast Tennessee on the eastern face of Walden's Ridge (the Cumberland Escarpment) in Hamilton County, a short distance north of the town of Soddy-Daisy, TN. It lies at the eastern terminus of Jones Gap Road atop a bluff overloooking Hwy. 111 and the beautiful Tennessee River Valley to the east. The hawk lookout location is state-owned land, and there are currently no restroom or eating facilities nearby. Hawk watchers are advised to bring their own folding lawn chair, sunscreen, a hat, and drinking water, as well as binoculars and a field guide. Caution should be used at all times, especially if children are present, as there is no fence to prevent a fall off the nearby 75 foot bluff. The hawk lookout proper is level ground." *

No Shelter is available, and parking is on a level below the lookout grounds. The climb to the watch site is up a steep bank about 8' high. Other helpful tools might include an umbrella or spotting scope, although on a good day, you might not find time to use either.*

Courtesy of William G. (Bill) Haley, compiler and author of the brochure, Soddy Mountain Hawk Lookout, produced for TOS.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk
Falconer Mr. Johnson's Red-tail

Monday, November 9, 2026

Chilly Nights Keep Pushing Hawks South

Saturday, 11 7, 26

It's Greenhouse clean and fill time again.  My little 10 x 14 hoop-house may be small, but it takes a lot of work to get it clean and filled with plants before a frost.  The weather reports just kept changing their mind for days, but one report had Sunday night being 34 in the valley.  At my location, it is always 2 degrees colder. That is freezing. If it went there, a lot of plants I wanted to try and keep were going to die. So I spent 3 hard days getting everything in there.  Blake helps me with the heavy lifting these days, so I don't carry so much across the yard, or struggle lifting it into the greenhouse.  Results are, I am too exhausted to even see if Bill went up to the watch.  So I am doing 2 posts back to back today.  Jimmy doesn't like how they come up in one post so I will separate them.  

 Here's Bill's report:


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