Mount Islip Lookout Site
US 1784, CA 30
Mount Islip Lookout - Built 1927

Mount Islip Lookout - Built 1927

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1784, CA 30 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered November 3, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates N 34° 20.700' W 117° 50.397' (view using Google Maps)
N 34° 20' 42" W 117° 50' 24"
N 34.345008° W 117.839952°
Elevation 8,262 ft (2,518 m)
Built 1927
Removed 1938
Administered by Los Angeles County Fire Department

Description

Mount Islip was constructed in 1927, a 22 foot X-Brace steel tower with an 8x8 observation cabin by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A stone residence cabin was built nearby. It's ruin still stands today.

The lookout tower was reportedly moved to South Mount Hawkins in 1938 before being replaced shortly thereafter by the structure that stood until 2002.

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Photos

Stone Residence Cabin

Stone Residence Cabin

Winter at Mount Islip

Winter at Mount Islip

Tower footings - 2009

Tower footings - 2009 - courtesy of ModernHiker.net

Residence Cabin Ruin - 2009

Residence Cabin Ruin - 2009 - courtesy of ModernHiker.net