Lake Mountain Lookout Complex

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Lake Mountain Lookout Complex
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Lake Mountain Lookout Tower
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Location McNary, Arizona
Coordinates Coordinates: 34°09′28″N109°46′07″W / 34.15778°N 109.76861°W / 34.15778; -109.76861
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
NRHP reference No. 87002453 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988
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Lake Mountain Lookout Cabin

The Lake Mountain Lookout Complex is a 49-foot tall lookout tower erected in 1926 approximately 20 miles east of Lakeside, Arizona. It overlooks a portion of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. [2] The lookout was staffed by a forest ranger who was stationed at the nearby Los Burros Ranger Station, from which they would ride out to the lookout each day. [3] The tower was constructed atop Lake Mountain, at the 8250 foot elevation, [4] by the Aermotor Windmill Company. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Forest Lookouts – Arizona – Lake Mountain". Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  3. Kirstin Olmon; Kelly Phillips (2008). The Best in Tent Camping: Arizona. Menasha Ridge Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0897326483.
  4. National Woodlands. Vol. 25–26. National Woodlands Publishing Company. 2002. p. 18.
  5. "Arizona Lookouts". firelookout.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.