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Fire Lookouts

 
Fire Lookouts

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Page By: tarol

Created/Edited: Aug 30, 2006 / Sep 17, 2008

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Fire Lookouts

Once there were over 8,000 fire lookouts dotting mountaintops across the United States. Today there are only a few hundred still in operation. I've visited ten in California including seven on the Sequoia National Forest (Needles, Jordan Peak, Mule Peak, Tobias Peak, Baker Point, Bald Mountain, and Buck Rock), two on the San Bernardino NF (Keller Peak, Strawberry Peak), and one in Marin County (Mt. Tamalpais). I also visited two lookouts in Wyoming (Kennaday Peak and Spruce Mountain). Please feel free to add photos of fire lookouts you have seen.

External Links

Forest Fire Lookout Association

National Historic Lookout Register

Buck Rock Foundation (Sequoia National Forest Fire Lookouts)

Online Photo Journal of a Volunteer Fire Lookout in California

Fire Lookouts in the Pacific Northwest

San Bernardino National Forest Fire Lookouts

Angeles National Forest Fire Lookouts

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sunfishGood idea

sunfish

Voted 10/10

for an album. These structures are special and deserving of appreciation and preservation.

sunfish
Posted Aug 30, 2006 11:39 pm

tarolRe: Good idea

tarol

Hasn't voted

Thanks and ditto. Also, those last lucky people who get to staff fire lookouts are among the most interesting and knowledgable people out there in the mountains, IMHO
Posted Aug 31, 2006 8:24 pm

tarolRe: Another link

tarol

Hasn't voted

Done, thanks!
Posted Sep 1, 2006 9:07 pm

JasonHUntitled Comment

JasonH

Voted 10/10

Great idea for an album.
Posted Sep 4, 2006 3:57 pm

tarolRe: Untitled Comment

tarol

Hasn't voted

Thanks!
Posted Sep 6, 2006 6:05 pm

theronmoonawesome

theronmoon

Voted 10/10

I have spent a lot of time searching for old lookout tower sites in Southern California. I really love them. Thanks for the page.
Posted Feb 23, 2007 3:32 am

tarolRe: awesome

tarol

Hasn't voted

You're welcome!
Posted Feb 23, 2007 2:46 pm

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