Big Bar Mountain Lookout Site
US 1886, CA 81
Big Bar Mountain Lookout - 2008

Big Bar Mountain Lookout - 2008 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1886, CA 81 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered December 29, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Plumas National Forest
Butte County, California
Coordinates N 39° 46.638' W 121° 25.672' (view using Google Maps)
N 39° 46' 38" W 121° 25' 40"
N 39.777302° W 121.427859°
Elevation 4,343 ft (1,324 m)
Built 1949
Removed 2018 - Camp Fire
Administered by US Forest Service - Plumas National Forest
Cooperators California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Description

Big Bar Mountain Lookout was constructed in 1949, a California Region 5 Plan BC-301, 1949 Revision on a 55 foot K-Brace open steel tower.

The lookout was destroyed in the devastating Camp Fire of 2018.

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Photos

2003

2003 - courtesy of Fred Johnson