This is a list of notable

fire lookout towers A fire lookout tower, fire tower, or lookout tower is a tower that provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout", whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit ...

and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures. This includes lookout cabins without towers which are perched high and do not require further elevation to serve for their purpose, and also includes notable

lookout trees A lookout tree is a simple fire lookout tower created by attaching a ladder or a series of spikes to a tall straight tree with a view of the surrounding lands, allowing rangers or fire crews to conveniently climb the tree to survey their surroundin ...

. There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. Note the PDF file includes also December 5, 1990 document by Teri A. Cleeland. Now there are far fewer of both. Also there are a number of fire lookout trees. The U.S. state of Wisconsin decided to close its last 72 operating fire lookout towers in 2016. Despite newer methods like aerial surveillance and cell phones, the U.S. state of Pennsylvania returned its use of fire lookout towers in 2017.

Australia

See :Fire lookout towers in Australia Fire stations with lookout towers: *

Ballarat East Fire Station The Ballarat East Fire Station, in Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia is the oldest continually operating fire station in the Southern Hemisphere. The tower was designed by local architect Henry Caselli and was built in 1864 by William Cowla ...

Ballarat Fire Station The Ballarat Fire Station is a historic fire station in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia which was opened in 1856. On the morning of 7 December 1859 a large fire destroyed twenty-one hotels, stores and dwellings, a large number of outhouses and pro ...

and a number of other fire stations in Australia Towers alone: * Stringers Knob Fire Spotting Tower *

Jimna Fire Tower Jimna Fire Tower is a heritage-listed former fire lookout tower at Jimna State Forest, Murgon-Kilcoy Road, Jimna, Queensland, Jimna, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Leis and built from to 1977 by Arthur Leis. ...

Mount Dale Mount Dale is a mountain in Western Australia about east of Armadale in the Shire of Beverley. At high, it is one of the highest points in the Darling Scarp. It is best known for its walk track, which forms part of the Bibbulmun Track. Th ...

Mount Gunjin, Western Australia Mount Gunjin () is a point of high ground between Mundaring Weir and Kalamunda, south of the Mundaring Weir Road. It is north of Mount Dale and south west of Mundaring Weir. It was the location of a Western Australian Forestry Department fire- ...

* Mount Lofty Fire Tower * Waaje Fire Tower No.4 Fire lookout trees: *

Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, a tall karri tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate Australia's bicentenary in 1988. It is in Warren National Park in southwestern Australia. Although it has been used as a fire lookout, it is used mainl ...

Gloucester Tree The Gloucester Tree is a giant karri (''Eucalyptus diversicolor'') tree located in the Gloucester National Park of Western Australia. The tree is tall, and a major tourist attraction to the town of Pemberton, Western Australia, Pemberton. It is ...

Canada

* Botanie Mountain

Romania

* Foișorul de Foc

United Kingdom

* National Emergency Services Museum, Sheffield, England

United States

The

National Historic Lookout Register Established in 1990, the National Historic Lookout Register is a program administered by the United States Forest Service, the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the , the National Forestry Association, state forestry departments and United States ...

lists most historic, surviving fire towers in the United States. Many of these are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

and the

Forest Fire Lookout Association The Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) is a group dedicated to the worldwide research and restoration of forest fire lookout stations. The organization provides volunteer led fire detection service at selected sites. It is one of the admin ...

Arizona

Tucson, AZ Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson metropolitan s ...

, NRHP-listed *

Mingus Lookout Complex Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal go ...

, Mingus, AZ, NRHP-listed * Monte Vista Lookout Cabin, Elfrida, AZ, NRHP-listed * Moqui Lookout Cabin, Blue Ridge, AZ, NRHP-listed * Mormon Lake Lookout Cabin, Mormon Lake, AZ, NRHP-listed * Promontory Butte Lookout Complex, Beaver Park, AZ, NRHP-listed * PS Knoll Lookout Complex, Maverick, AZ, NRHP-listed * Silver Peak Lookout Complex, Portal, AZ, NRHP-listed * Volunteer Lookout Cabin, Bellemont, AZ, NRHP-listed * West Peak Lookout Tower, Bonita, AZ, NRHP-listed * Woody Mountain Lookout Tower,

Flagstaff, AZ Flagstaff ( ), known locally as Flag, is the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 76,831. Flagstaff is the principal city of the Flagstaff ...

Arkansas

* Look See Tree * Crossroads Fire Tower,

Hamburg, AR Hamburg is a city in and the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,857 at the 2010 census. The population declined by more than 10% between 2010 and 2020, resulting in a lower tax base for the region. It ...

, NRHP-listed * Sugarloaf Fire Tower Historic District, Calico Rock, AR, NRHP-listed * Tall Peak Fire Tower, Athens, AR, NRHP-listed * Fort Lookout, Camden, AR, NRHP-listed

California

Some are related to the

Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association The Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout Association (" ANFFLA") is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of citizen volunteers dedicated to the preservation, restoration and operation of the fire lookout towers in the Angeles National Forest, L ...

. California had a total of 625 fire lookout sites, of those there are 198 remaining lookout towers, and of those there are around 50 staffed. There are 11 lookouts that may be rented in California. Fire Lookouts not only watch for fire, they also record weather conditions and observe animals in some cases. * Alder Ridge Lookout (Eldorado National Forest) * Allen Lookout * American Camp Lookout (Stanislaus National Forest) * Angora Ridge Lookout * Annette Lookout * Antelope Mountain Lookout (Lassen National Forest) * Anthony Peak Lookout (Mendocino National Forest) * Argentine Rock Lookout (Plumas National Forest) *

Armstrong Hill Lookout (Eldorado National Forest) Armstrong may refer to: Places * Armstrong Creek (disambiguation), various places * Armstrong River (disambiguation), various rivers Antarctica * Armstrong Reef, Biscoe Islands Argentina * Armstrong, Santa Fe Australia * Armstrong, Victori ...

Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in Southern California, southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast ...

Monterey County, California Monterey County ( ), officially the County of Monterey, is a county (United States), county located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 439,035. The count ...

, NRHP-listed * Colby Mountain Lookout * Cold Spring Lookout * Collins Creek Baldy Lookout * Cone Peak Lookout, in the

Copernicus Peak Lookout Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. Copernicus likely developed his model independently of Aris ...

Mount Harkness Fire Lookout The Mount Harkness Fire Lookout, on Mount Harkness in Lassen Volcanic National Park, in Plumas County, California near Mineral, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. It was built in 1931 to a "classic rustic ...

, in

Lassen Volcanic National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest lava dome, plug dome volcano in the wo ...

near

Mineral, California Mineral is an unincorporated place in Tehama County, California, United States. It has been part of a much larger census-designated place since 1980, for which the population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 123 at the 2010 census. History The ...

, NRHP-listed * Prospect Peak Fire Lookout, in

near

, NRHP-listed *Round Mountain Lookout (Modoc National Forest) * Sid Ormsbee Lookout, in The Santa Lucia Preserve near

Carmel, California Carmel-by-the-Sea (), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 a ...

* Thompson Peak Lookout (Plumas County) *

Wolf Mountain Lookout The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gr ...

; ; ;Lookout Rentals * Bear Basin Lookout (Six Rivers National Forest) * Black Mountain Lookout (Plumas National Forest) * Calpine Hill Lookout (Tahoe National Forest) * Girard Ridge Fire Lookout (Shasta-Trinity National Forest) * Hirz Mountain Lookout (Shasta-Trinity National Forest) * Little Mount Hoffman (Shasta-Trinity National Forest) * Mccarthy Point Lookout (Lassen National Forest) * Oak Flat (Sequoia National Forest) * Pine Mountain Lookout (Mendocino National Forest) * Post Creek Lookout (Shasta-Trinity National Forest) * Sardine Peak Lookout (Tahoe National Forest)

Colorado

* Devils Head Lookout, Sedalia, CO, NRHP-listed * Fairview Peak Lookout (Colorado), Pitkin, CO * Fremont Lookout Fortification Site, Rangely, CO, NRHP-listed *

Lookout Mountain Park Lookout Mountain Park is a Denver Mountain Park located around west of downtown Denver overlooking Golden, Colorado. It consists of {{convert, 65.7, acre, m2 of evergreen wilderness atop Lookout Mountain, named for its being a favored lookout ...

, Golden, CO, NRHP-listed * Shadow Mountain Lookout, Grand Lake, CO, NRHP-listed * Twin Sisters Lookout,

Estes Park, CO Estes Park () is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban ...

, NRHP-listed

Georgia

* Chenocetah Fire Tower, Cornelia, GA, NRHP-listed *

Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club The Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club on Lookout Mountain in Georgia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Chattanooga architect William Hatfield Sears. Grounds were enhanced by landscape architect Warren Hen ...

, Lookout Mountain, GA, NRHP-listed

Idaho

* Butts Point Creek Fire Lookout * Gardiner Peak Lookout * Salmon Mountain Lookout * Arctic Point Fire Lookout,

Big Creek, ID Big Creek is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, outside the city of Kellogg, Idaho, Kellogg. It is near where National Forest Develop Road 264 becomes Big Creek Ro ...

, NRHP-listed *

Carey Dome Fire Lookout The Carey Dome Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower complex located in Nez Perce National Forest, 9 miles north of United States Forest Service Burgdorf Guard Station, near Burgdorf in Idaho County, Idaho. It was listed on the National Register ...

, Burgdorf, ID, NRHP-listed * Mallard Peak Lookout, Avery, ID, NRHP-listed * Bishop Mountain Lookout, Island Park, ID, NRHP-listed * East Fork Lookout, Clayton, ID, NRHP-listed

Illinois

* Union Lookout,

Jonesboro, IL Jonesboro () is a city in Union County, Illinois, Union County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,821 at the 2010 census, a decline from 1,853 in 2000. It is the county seat of Union County. The city is known for being tied to its cl ...

, NRHP-listed * Trigg Tower,

Simpson, IL Simpson is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 60 at the 2010 census. Geography Simpson is located in eastern Johnson County at (37.467977, -88.756277), in the valley of Cedar Creek, a south-flowing tributar ...

* Big River State Forest, Keithsburg, IL

Indiana

* Hickory Ridge Fire Tower

Iowa

* Yellow River Fire Tower

Louisiana

Massachusetts

* Warwick Fire Tower *

Massaemett Mountain Massaemett Mountain (sometimes known as Bald Mountain) is a mountain in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA. It is named for a chief of the Pocumtuck tribe, a confederacy of Native Americans who inhabited the region. Part of the ...

Michigan

* Udell Lookout Tower, Wellston, MI, NRHP-listed

Mississippi

* Moore Lookout Tower, Forest, MS, NRHP-listed

Missouri

* Climax Springs Fire Tower * Knob Lick Fire Tower * Arrow Rock State Historic Site Lookout Shelter, Arrow Rock, MO, NRHP-listed * Meramec State Park Lookout House/Observation Tower, Sullivan, MO, NRHP-listed

Montana

Apgar Fire Lookout The Apgar Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is one of a chain of fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story frame erection with a pyramidal roof was built in 1929. The design originated with the U.S. Forest Service and has been m ...

, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed *

* Clark's Lookout, August 13, 1805, Dillon, MT, NRHP-listed * Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed * Hornet Lookout, Flathead National Forest, MT, NRHP-listed * Huckleberry Fire Lookout, Glacier National Park, NRHP-listed *Jumbo Fire Lookout, Hungry Horse, MT * Loneman Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed * McCart Fire Lookout, Sula, MT, NRHP-listed * Mount Brown Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed * Numa Ridge Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed * Scalplock Mountain Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed *Spotted Bear Fire Lookout, Hungry Horse, MT * Swiftcurrent Fire Lookout, West Glacier, MT, NRHP-listed

New Hampshire

The number of towers has varied over time, and aerial monitoring is also used. The following locations have fire towers as of 2020: *

Belknap Mountain Belknap Mountain is a mountain located in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, south of Lake Winnipesaukee. Like the county, the mountain and the associated surrounding Belknap Mountains are named after Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), a ...

* Blue Job Fire Tower, Farmington * Cardigan Mountain * Federal Hill,

Milford Milford may refer to: Place names Canada * Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia * Milford (Halifax), Nova Scotia * Milford, Ontario England * Milford, Derbyshire * Milford, Devon, a place in Devon * Milford on Sea, Hampshire * Milford, Shro ...

* Green Mountain, Effingham * Kearsarge North, Pequawket Fire Tower * Magalloway Mountain * Milan Hill *

Pack Monadnock Pack Monadnock or Pack Monadnock Mountain , is the highest peak of the Wapack Range of mountains and the highest point in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. The mountain, a monadnock, is located in south-central New Hampshire within the towns ...

* Oak Hill, Loudon *

Pawtuckaway State Park Pawtuckaway State Park is a preserve in New Hampshire, United States. It is one of the largest state parks in southeastern New HampshirePitcher Mountain * Mount Prospect,

Weeks State Park The Weeks Estate is a historic country estate on U.S. Route 3 in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Built in 1912 for John Wingate Weeks, atop Prospect Mountain overlooking the Connecticut River, it is one of the state's best preserved early 20th-centu ...

* Red Hill * Warner Hill

New Jersey

See

List of New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire towers A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

New Mexico

* Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and Shed, Bearwallow Park, NM, NRHP-listed * Black Mountain Lookout Cabin, Black Mountain, NM, NRHP-listed * Bluewater Lookout Complex, Weed, NM, NRHP-listed * Carrisa Lookout Complex, Long Canyon, NM, NRHP-listed * El Caso Lookout Complex, El Caso Lake, NM, NRHP-listed * Glorieta Baldy Lookout Tower,

La Cueva, NM La Cueva may refer to the following places in New Mexico: * La Cueva, Mora County, New Mexico, an unincorporated community * La Cueva, Sandoval County, New Mexico, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * La Cueva, Santa Fe County, ...

, NRHP-listed * Hillsboro Peak Lookout Tower and Cabin, Hillsboro, NM, NRHP-listed * Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex, Mangas, NM, NRHP-listed * Mogollon Baldy Lookout Cabin, Mogollon Baldy Peak, NM, NRHP-listed * Monjeau Lookout, Villa Madonna, NM, NRHP-listed * Reeds Peak Lookout Tower, Reeds Peak, NM, NRHP-listed * Ruidoso Lookout Tower, Ruidoso, NM, NRHP-listed * Weed Lookout Tower, Sacramento, NM, NRHP-listed * Wofford Lookout Complex, Cloudcroft, NM, NRHP-listed

New York

A number of fire lookout tower stations, including many in New York State near the

Adirondack Forest Preserve New York's Forest Preserve comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). , the Forest Preserve covers nearl ...

and

Catskill Park The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It consists of of land inside a Blue Line in four counties: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster. As of 2005, or 41 percent of the land within, is owned by ...

, have been listed on the

. They include: ;Adirondack Park *

Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station The Arab Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire lookout tower, fire observation station located on Mount Arab at Piercefield, New York, Piercefield in St. Lawrence County, New York. The station includes a , steel frame lookout tower ...

, Piercefield, NY, NRHP-listed *

Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station The Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Azure Mountain at Waverly in Franklin County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a , steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1918, a ...

, Waverly, NY, NRHP-listed *

Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station The Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Blue Mountain at Indian Lake in Hamilton County, New York. The station includes a , steel frame lookout tower built in 1917, an observer's cabin built ...

, Indian Lake, NY, NRHP-listed *

Hadley Mountain Fire Observation Station The Hadley Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hadley Mountain at Hadley in Saratoga County, New York. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation in 1917. It is o ...

Hadley, NY Hadley (, ) is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Hadley, Massachusetts. The Town of Hadley is in the northern part of the county and is west of Glens Fa ...

, NRHP-listed *

Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station The Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hurricane Mountain at Keene in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a , steel frame lookout tower erected in 191 ...

, Keene, NY, NRHP-listed *

Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station The Kane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Kane Mountain at Caroga in Fulton County, New York. The station includes a , steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1925, an observer's cabin built abou ...

, Caroga, NY, NRHP-listed *

Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on the western end of the Loon Lake Mountains west of Loon Lake in Franklin County, New York in the Debar Mountain Wild Forest. The station and cont ...

, Franklin, NY, NRHP-listed * Lyon Mountain Fire Observation Station * Mount Adams Fire Observation Station, Newcomb, NY, NRHP-listed * Owls Head Mountain Forest Fire Observation Station * Pillsbury Mountain Forest Fire Observation Station, Arietta, NY, NRHP-listed *

Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station The Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire lookout tower on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain at Chesterfield, New York, Chesterfield in Essex County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a , steel-frame ...

, Chesterfield, NY, NRHP-listed * St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station, Santa Clara, NY, NRHP-listed *

Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station The Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station is a steel-frame fire lookout tower on Snowy Mountain at Indian Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. It was built in 1917 as a prefabricated LS40 tower made by the Aermotor Windmill Comp ...

, Indian Lake, NY, NRHP-listed * Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station, Lake Pleasant, NY, NRHP-listed ;Catskill Park * Catskill Mountain fire towers *

Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station The Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is located at the summit (topography), summit of the mountain of that name in the Town of Hardenburgh, New York, Hardenburgh, New York, United States. It comprises a steel frame fire lookout tower ...

, Hardenburgh, NY, NRHP-listed * Hunter Mountain Fire Tower, Hunter, NY, NRHP-listed *

Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station The Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Mount Tremper at Shandaken in Ulster County, New York. The station and contributing resources include a , steel frame lookout tower erected in 1917 an ...

, Shandaken, NY, NRHP-listed *

Red Hill Fire Observation Station The Red Hill Fire Observation Station consists of a fire lookout tower, cabin and pit privy located on the summit of Red Hill, a Catskill Mountain peak in Denning, New York, United States. It is the southernmost fire tower in the Catskill Pa ...

, Denning, NY, NRHP-listed ;other *

Dickinson Hill Fire Tower Dickinson Hill Fire Tower is a historic fire observation station located at Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York. The , steel frame lookout tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation in 1924. Also on the property are ...

, Grafton, NY, NRHP-listed *

Harlem Fire Watchtower The Harlem Fire Watchtower, also known as the Mount Morris Fire Watchtower, is a fire lookout tower at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It is the only survivor of 11 cast-iron Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon a ...

New York, NY New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harb ...

, NRHP-listed *

Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower The Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower is located on the summit of South Beacon Mountain in Beacon, New York, United States. ''See also:'' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. See also *National Register of Historic ...

Beacon, NY Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the large ...

, NRHP-listed * Sterling Mountain Fire Observation Tower and Observer's Cabin, Greenwood Lake, NY, NRHP-listed

North Carolina

* Cape Lookout Village Historic District, Harkers Island, NC, NRHP-listed * Warren County Fire Tower, Liberia, NC, NRHP-listed *

US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Observation Tower No. 2 US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Observation Tower No. 2, also known as Queen's Grant Tower, is a historic building located at Topsail Island, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946 by Kellex Corporation, and is a reinforced concre ...

, Topsail Beach, NC

Oregon

Sand Mountain Lookout in Willamette National Forest with the Three Sisters

* Carpenter Mountain Lookout * Hager Mountain * Hershberger Mountain Lookout, Prospect, OR, NRHP-listed * Hoodoo Ridge Lookout * Kirkland Lookout Ground House (Guard Station), Joseph, OR, NRHP-listed * Mt. Stella Lookout, Prospect, OR, NRHP-listed * Pelican Butte * Sand Mountain Lookout * Squaw Peak Lookout, Jacksonville, OR, NRHP-listed * Yamsay Mountain *

Waldo Mountain Fire Lookout The Waldo Mountain fire lookout is located atop Waldo Mountain, in the Willamette National Forest, Oregon. The original fire lookout tower was built on this site in 1926 and was a small cabin. In 1929 a cupola style lookout replaced the cabin. Th ...

* Watchman Lookout Station * Watchman Lookout Station No. 68, Fort Klamath, OR, NRHP-listed

Pennsylvania

* William Penn Memorial Fire Tower,

Reading, PA Reading ( ; ) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allento ...

South Dakota

;not in category *Harney Peak, now known as

Black Elk Peak Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the Midwestern United States. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills. The pe ...

, rock tower built in 1938 by CCC, last staffed in 1967 * Fort Lookout IV, Oacoma, SD, NRHP-listed *Elk Mountain Fire Tower, Hells Canyon District, Black Hills South Dakota-measured as the tallest fire tower in the country-80+feet tall *Bear Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, Pennington Co SD still in service 7166' original tower was built in 1910 of logs, replaced with 30' metal tower in 1939 *Custer Peak Fire Lookout, Lawrence Co SD, 6713' original wooden tower built in 1911, replaced in 1935 and replaced with the current rock lookout tower in 1941 *Summit Ridge Fire Lookout, 6,082', 67.5' tower, last staffed in 1972 *Rankin Ridge Fire Lookout, Wind Cave National Park, replaced the Crow's Nest Peak tower, 5,013' *Mt Coolidge Fire Lookout Custer State Park still in service *Battle Mountain Fire Lookout, Hot Springs, SD, Fall River Co, 4,363', 22' tower *Seth Bullock/Scruton Mt Fire Lookout, Pennington Co, SD, 5,817', wood tower built in 1939, replaced 1975 with metal tower SD Lookout Towers that no longer exist: *Crook's Tower *Crow's Nest Peak *Signal Hill *Parker Peak

Tennessee

* Ripley Fire Lookout Tower, Ripley, TN, NRHP-listed

Utah

* Ute Mountain Fire Tower,

Manila, UT Manila is a small town located on the northern edge of Daggett County, Utah, United States, just south of the Wyoming border. The town is at the junction of State Route 43 and State Route 44, and is the county seat of Daggett County. Nearby ...

, NRHP-listed

Vermont

;not in category * Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower, Stratton, VT, NRHP-listed

Washington

As of 2022 93 lookouts in

Washington State Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...

are still in existence, down from a 1950s high of between 660 and 685.

Blue Mountains of Washington

*Oregon Butte *Table Rock *Clearwater Lookout *Big Butte

North Cascades center - Hozameen Range of Washington

* Monument 83 Peak * Desolation Peak Lookout, Hozameen, WA, NRHP-listed

North Cascades east - Okanogan Range

*Aeneas Mountain *Buck Mountain *First Butte *Funk Mountain *Goat Peak *Knowlton Knob *Mebee Pass Lookout *Mount Leecher **Leecher Crow's Nest Lookout Site *Okanogan Post Office Lookout Site *North Twentymile Peak * Slate Peak lookout

North Cascades east - Methow Mountains

Lookout Mountain Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "La ...

North Cascades west - Skagit Range

*Winchester Mountain Lookout, Sedro Wooley, WA, NRHP-listed *Copper Mountain Fire Lookout, Newhalem, WA, NRHP-listed *Sourdough Mountain Lookout, Diablo, WA, NRHP-listed *Park Butte Lookout, Sedro Wooley, WA, NRHP-listed

North Cascades south - Glacier Peak area

*Hidden Lake Peaks **Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, Marblemount, WA, NRHP-listed * Green Mountain Lookout, Darrington, WA, NRHP-listed *Lookout Mountain *Miners Ridge Lookout, Darrington, WA, NRHP-listed

North Cascades south - Mountain Loop Area

*Three Fingers Lookout, Darrington, WA, NRHP-listed *Mount Pilchuck, Mount Pilchuck Lookout *North Mountain Lookout *Darrington Ranger Station Lookout Site

Central Cascades west -Alpine lakes area

*Alpine Lookout *Evergreen Mountain Lookout, Skykomish, WA, NRHP-listed *Granite Mountain Lookout *Heybrook Ridge *Thorp Mountain Lookout

Central Cascades east - Chelan, Entiat, Wenatchee Mountains

*Badger Mountain Lookout, East Wenatchee, WA, NRHP-listed *Chelan Butte Lookout, Chelan, WA, NRHP-listed *Red Top Mountain lookout *Steliko Lookout *Sugarloaf Peak Lookout, Leavenworth, WA, NRHP-listed *Tyee Mountain Lookout, Entiat, WA, NRHP-listed

Southern Cascades north - Goat Rocks

*Jumpoff Lookout

Southern Cascades north - Mount Rainier Area

*Mount Fremont Fire Lookout **Mt. Fremont Fire Lookout, Sunrise, WA, NRHP-listed *Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout, Mowich Lake Entrance, WA, NRHP-listed *High Rock *Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout, Nisqually Entrance, WA, NRHP-listed *Sun Top Lookout, Enumclaw, WA, NRHP-listed *Puyallup Ridge Lookout *Watch Mountain-West Peak *Goodman Hill

Southern Cascades - Crest

*Shriner Peak Fire Lookout, Ohanapecosh, Washington, Ohanapecosh, WA, NRHP-listed *Kelly Butte (Washington), Kelly Butte

Southern Cascades central - Mount Adams area

*Burley Mountain *French Butte Lookout - destroyed *Meadow Butte *Mount Adams (Washington), Mount Adams *Red Mountain *Signal Peak

Southern Cascades south - Columbia Gorge

*Satus Peak *Lorena Butte Lookout

Kitsap Peninsula

*Kitsap Lookout

Okanogan Highlands and Kettle River Range

*Armstrong Mountain *Bodie Mountain Lookout *Cody Butte *Columbia Mountain *Cornell Butte *Franson Peak *Gold Mountain (Washington), Gold Mountain *Grizzly Mountain Lookout *Keller Butte *Lynx Mountain-Cabin Lookout Site *Johnny George Mountain *Mount Bonaparte *Moses Mountain *Omak Mountain *Strawberry Mountain *Tunk Mountain *Whitestone Ridge *Whitmore Mountain **Whitmore L-4 Cab Lookout Site

Olympic Mountains

*Dodger Point Fire Lookout, Port Angeles, WA, NRHP-listed *Ned Hill *North Point *Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout, Port Angeles, WA, NRHP-listed

San Juan Islands

*Mount Constitution

Selkirks in Washington

*Diamond Peak - Patrol Lookout Site *Lookout Mountain *Indian Mountain *Mount Spokane *Quartz Mountain *Salmo Mountain Lookout *South Baldy Lookout *Sullivan Mountain *Timber Mountain *Tower Mountain *Wellpinit Mountain

Others

*Kloshe Nanitch Lookout

lookout trees

*Cook Creek Spar Tree, cut down in 1955 due to rot, *Lookout tree constructed in 1918 near Darrington, Washington; abandoned as a lookout in the 1930s, it can be reached by the Lookout Tree Trail.

West Virginia

*Olson Observation Tower

Wisconsin

*Fifield Fire Lookout Tower, Fifield, WI, NRHP-listed *Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, Riverview, WI, NRHP-listed

Wyoming

*Cement Ridge Fire Lookout, Beulah, WY, active *Huckleberry Mountain Fire Lookout, Teton National Forest, WY, NRHP-listed *Clay Butte Lookout, Clay Butte, Shoshone National Forest, WY, NHRP-listed, active, last staffed during Summer 2024 season

Norway

* Linnekleppen (staffed 1908–present day) * Skjellingshovde * Haukenesfjellet * Rafjellet * Mistberget * Elgheia * Kjerringhøgda * Furukollen * Hornkjølberget * Blåenga * Trollerudåsen * Årkjøltårnet * Garsjøberg-tårnet

Notes

References

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