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Notes:
Construction Date: Includes years of construction of each known lookout built at that site location.
Type of Building: The last facility constructed at the site. Will correspond with the last date listed under construction date.
Yellow = These lookouts are still standing.
*Indicates lookout listed elsewhere in this website with additional information and photographs.
Sequoia National Forest
|
Site |
Construction
Date |
Type
of Building |
Legal
Location |
Status |
|
Baker Point* |
1943, 1950 |
C-14 Cab, 22’tower, wood |
T24S R 32E Sec 10 |
Abandoned, standing |
|
Bald Mountain* |
1935, 1955 |
C-16 cab, 30’ tower, metal |
T 22S R 34E Sec 12 |
Staffed |
|
Basket Peak |
1914 |
Observation Point |
T 26S R 31E Sec 21 |
Abandoned |
|
Battle Mountain |
1909 |
? |
T19S R 29E Sec 25 |
Abandoned |
|
Blue (Lookout) Mtn |
1912, 1920’s, 1939 |
C-3 cab, 20’ tower, wood |
T 25S R 30E Sec 9 |
Kern Co. site |
|
Breckenridge* |
1912, 1943 |
C-3 cab, 30’ tower, wood |
T 28S R 32E Sec 31 |
Staffed |
|
Buck Rock* |
1914, 1916, 1923 |
4-A Cab, ground, wood |
T 14S R 29 E Sec 6 |
Staffed |
|
Cannell Peak |
1914 |
Map board, 10’ tree platform |
T 24S R 34 E Sec 6 |
Abandoned |
|
Church Dome |
1937 |
Planned C-3, built ? |
T 24S R 34 E Sec 12 |
Abandoned |
|
Cook Peak |
1936 |
C-3 cab, 30’ steel tower |
T 26N R 33E Sec 33 |
Destroyed |
|
Delilah* |
1916, 1924, 1959 |
M-15, 80’ tower, metal |
T 13S R 26E Sec 11 |
Emergency use only |
|
Eshom Point* |
1933 |
Wood platform, alidade |
T 15S R 28 E Sec 9 |
Destroyed |
|
Gibbon Peak |
1913, 1920 |
? |
T 23S R 30E Sec 5 |
Destroyed |
|
Grey Meadow |
1935 |
Observation Point/alidade |
T 20S R 32E Sec 4 |
Abandoned |
|
Hockett Peak |
1935, 1937 |
C-3 cab, 30’ steel tower |
T 20S R 33E Sec 3 |
Destroyed |
|
Jordan Peak* |
1898, 1914, 1935 |
C-3 cab, 20’ enclosed tower |
T 20S R 31E Sec 15 |
Staffed |
|
Kern Peak* |
1912, 1917 |
4-A cab, ground, wood |
T 19S R 34E Sec 3 |
Destroyed |
|
King George Peak |
1913, 1920 |
? |
T 24S R 30E Sec 4 |
Abandoned |
|
Lookout Mountain |
1914, 1933, 1937 |
C-3 cab, 30’ steel tower ? |
T 21S R 33E sec 35 |
Abandoned |
|
Mule Peak* |
1936 |
C-3 cab, ground, wood |
T 22S R 31E Sec 15 |
Staffed |
|
Oak Flat* |
1914, 1935 |
C-3 cab, 30’tower, wood |
T 27S R 30E Sec 36 |
Recreation Rental |
|
Piute Mountain |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 5’ concrete pillars |
T 28S r 34E Sec 30 |
Abandoned |
|
Sherman Peak |
1927 |
Frame? Pole? Log Cabin |
T 22S R 33E Sec 14 |
Destroyed |
|
Slate Mountain |
1914 |
Log cabin with alidade |
T 22S R 31E Sec 1 |
Abandoned, standing |
|
Sunday Peak |
1914 |
4-AR cab, 4’ pole |
T 25S R 32E Sec 6 |
Destroyed |
|
The Needles* |
1937 |
C-3 cab, ground, wood |
T 21S R 32E Sec 14 |
Staffed |
|
Tobias* |
1912, 1936 |
C-3 cab, ground, wood |
T 24S R 32E Sec 7 |
Staffed |
|
Tollgate Mountain |
1940 |
12x12 wood cab, 20’ tower |
T 22S R 33E Sec 17 |
Kern Co. site |
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks
| Site | Construction Date | Type of Building | Legal Location |
Status |
|
Ash Peaks |
1918,1937,1964 |
CL-100 Cab, Steel |
T 16S R 29E Sec 21 |
Destroyed |
|
Buena Vista Peak |
Pre-1915 |
Observation Point |
T 14S R 26E Sec 11 |
Abandoned |
|
Cahoon Rock* |
1930, 1964 |
CL-100 Cab, Steel |
T 18S R 30E Sec 11 |
Dismantled |
|
Homer’s Nose |
1934 |
Observation Point |
T 18S R 30E Sec 19 |
Abandoned |
|
Little Baldy |
1935 |
Tent cabin, anchor bolts |
T 15S R 29E Sec 14 |
Destroyed |
|
Lookout Peak |
1930 |
Cab? Observation only? |
T 13S R30E Sec 21 |
Abandoned |
|
Lookout Point |
Pre-1915 |
Observation Point |
T 17S R 30E Sec 19 |
Abandoned |
|
Milk Ranch* |
1934,1964 |
CL-100 Cab, Steel 20’tower |
T 17S R 29E Sec 1 |
Abandoned, Standing |
|
Mitchell Peak* |
1942, 1964 |
C-3 cab, 30’ tower, wood |
T 14S R 30E Sec 4 |
Destroyed |
|
Moro Rock |
Pre 1938 |
Observation point |
T 16S R 30E Sec 7 |
Abandoned |
|
Paradise Peak |
1931 |
4AR cab, ground, stone |
T 17S R 30E Sec 2 |
Destroyed |
|
Park Ridge* |
1916,1930, 1935, 1964 |
CL100 cab, 20’tower, metal |
T 14S R 30E Sec 4 |
Abandoned, Standing |
|
Scratch Hill |
1920’s |
10x10 platform on 9 ˝' pole |
T 18S R 30 E Sec 19 |
Abandoned |
|
Sentinel Ridge |
1952 |
Planned but not constructed |
T 13S R 30E Sec 34 |
Abandoned |
|
Stagg Dome* |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 10’tower, wood |
T 13S R 30E Sec 3 |
Destroyed |
|
Site |
Construction
Date |
Type of Lookout |
Legal Location |
Status |
|
Bald Mountain* |
1935 |
C-3 cab, 20’ steel tower |
T 9S R 25E Sec 35 |
Abandoned |
|
Black Peak |
1934 |
Not built |
T 9S R 26E Sec 5 |
Abandoned |
|
Burrough Mt |
1940 |
? |
T 10S R 24E Sec 33 |
Abandoned |
|
Cattle Mountain |
1938 |
? |
T 5S R 25E Sec 4 |
Abandoned |
|
Deadwood |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 20’steel tower |
|
Abandoned, standing |
|
Fence Meadow* |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 20’ tower |
T 11S R 26E Sec 19 |
Staffed |
|
Goat Mountain |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 20”tower |
T 7S R 22E Sec 34 |
Abandoned |
|
Miami Mountain* |
1934 |
C-3 cab, 20’ tower |
T 6S R 20E Sec 11 |
Staffed/volunteers |
|
Mt. Tom* |
1940 |
C-3 cab, 30’ tower |
T 6S R 20E Sec 30 |
Staffed |
|
Musick Mountain |
1939 |
C-3 cab, 20’tower |
T 9S R 24E Sec 1 |
Emergency use only |
|
Oat Mt (Castle Peak) |
1930 |
4-AR cab, 20’tower wood |
T 8S R23E Sec 34 |
Destroyed |
|
Pilot Peak |
1915 |
|
T 6S R 21E Sec 5 |
Part time staffing |
|
Shuteye Peak* |
1920, 1957 |
C-16 cab, 10’tower |
T 7S R 23E Sec 2 |
Staffed |
|
Signal Peak* |
1924, 1951 |
C-14 cab, 10’tower |
T 5S R 20E Sec 1 |
Part time staffing |
|
Sweetwater Pt |
1936 |
Observation Point |
|
Abandoned |
Most of the information contained in this document is compiled from research done by Mark Thornton (“Manned Fixed Point Fire Detection, The Lookouts”) and Mark Swift.