The Cradle of Forestry Overlook

About this overlook

In the late 1800s, George Vanderbilt purchased a large portion of the Pisgah wilderness with the goal of preserving its natural beauty and creating a private game preserve. He hired German forestry professor Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck to manage the property and establish a forestry school. Operating from 1898 to 1913, the School of American Forestry trained approximately 300 foresters and helped shape modern forestry practices in the United States.