lookout A lookout or look-out is a person in charge of the observation of hazards. The term originally comes from a naval background, where lookouts would watch for other ships, land, and various dangers. The term has now passed into wider parlance. ...

or look-out is a person on a ship in charge of the observation of the sea for hazards, other ships, land, etc.. Lookout may also refer to:

Observers and observation

Fire lookout A fire lookout (sometimes also called a fire watcher) is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower. These towers are used in remote areas, normally on mountain tops with high elevation and ...

, a person assigned the duty to look for fire from a high place, which might also be termed a lookout. See also: **

Fire lookout tower 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 ...

Lookout tree 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 ...

Overlook A scenic viewpoint—also called an observation point, viewpoint, viewing point, vista point, scenic overlook,These terms are more commonly used in North America. etc.—is an elevated location where people can view scenery (often with binocul ...

(also known as a lookout), an observation spot

Places

Geographic features

* Lookout Summit, a mountain in Washington, U.S. * The Lookout (Springfield Township), a summit in Pennsylvania, U.S. * Cape Lookout (disambiguation) * Lookout Mountain (disambiguation) *

Point Lookout (disambiguation) Point Lookout may refer to: Places *Point Lookout (Colorado), a mountain in Mesa Verde National Park *Point Lookout (New South Wales), a mountain in New South Wales *Point Lookout, Maryland **Point Lookout State Park, Maryland, site of an American ...

United States municipalities

Lookout, California Lookout (formerly, Whitley's Ford) is a census-designated place in Modoc County, California. It is located west of Adin, at an elevation of 4144 feet (1263 m). Its population is 68 as of the 2020 census, down from 84 from the 2010 census. Looko ...

Lookout, Indiana Lookout is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan ...

* Lookout, Kentucky * Lookout, Pennsylvania *

Lookout, West Virginia Lookout is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Lookout is located on U.S. Route 60, east of Fayetteville. Lookout has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides ...

* Lookout, Wisconsin * Fort Lookout (Kansas) *

Fort Lookout (Arkansas) Fort Lookout, also known as Redoubt A, is a defensive earthworks erected during the American Civil War on the outskirts of Camden, Arkansas. It was the northernmost of a series of five redoubts built in defense of the city by Confederate Army f ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''The Lookout'' (1990 film), 1990 Israeli comedy film * ''The Lookout'' (2007 film), 2007 American crime film * ''The Lookout'' (2012 film), 2012 French crime film, directed by Michele Placido and starring Daniel Auteuil

Music

* The Lookout (album), a 2018 album by Laura Veirs * "Lookout", 2017 song by Ryan Adams from the album '' Prisoner: End of the World Edition''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Lookout! Records Lookout Records (stylized as Lookout! Records) was an independent record label, initially based in Laytonville, California, and later in Berkeley, focusing on punk rock. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having released Operatio ...

, American punk rock record label which existed 1987-2012 *''The Lookout'', the

Lansing Community College Lansing Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Lansing, Michigan. Founded in 1957, the college's main campus is located on an urban, site in downtown Lansing spanning seven city blocks approximately two blocks ...

student newspaper

Ships

* ''Lookout'' (clipper), 1853 clipper ship in the San Francisco and West Coast lumber trades * HMS ''Lookout'', two British Royal Navy ships * USS ''Lookout'', U.S. Navy radar picket ship

Sports

* Lookout (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse *

Chattanooga Lookouts The Chattanooga Lookouts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Southern League and the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. The team plays its home g ...

, a minor league baseball team

Other uses

Lookout (architecture) A lookout, lookout rafter or roof outlooker is a wooden joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards. When not expos ...

, a structural element used in roof framing *

Lookout Air Raids The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y ''Glen'' floatplane, launched from ...

, the minor but unique bombing air raid against US mainland during World War II