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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'
The lookout trees in Kaibab National Forest are the survivors of a system of improvised fire lookout towers that used tall, straight trees as vantage points. The practice of using trees as lookouts was widespread in the western United States during the early 20th century, as there was no need to build a foundation or to pack and assemble a tower structure.
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 of a mountain or other high vantage point to maximize viewing distance and range, known as view shed .
Nearly 1,000 fire lookout stations were erected in Idaho. Less than 200 still stand, but many are within driving distance of Boise. Get a 360-degree view of Idaho from these fire lookout towers. 5 ...
Northwest of North Rim Entrance Station, Grand Canyon National Park, in the Kaibab National Forest 36°21′56″N 112°08′19″W / 36.365556°N 112.138611°W / 36.365556; -112.138611 ( Tipover Lookout
A woman whose name appears in the records for the Lookout Mountain house also did not return a telephone call seeking comment. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police ...
Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) (12 P) Pages in category "Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The Ankeny City Council approved a bid to construct the 12,830-square-foot Fire Station No. 4 at 2320 Northwest Weigel Drive. HPC, LLC of Ames received the $6 million contract to build the new ...