San Gabriel Peak Lookout
Registry Numbers | US 1852, CA 47 (view other lookout sites in United States, California) |
Date Registered | December 4, 2019 |
Nominated by | Brad Eells |
Location |
Angeles National Forest Los Angeles County, California |
Coordinates |
N 34° 14.595' W 118° 05.915' (view using Google Maps) N 34° 14' 36" W 118° 05' 55" N 34.243242° W 118.098577° |
Elevation | 6,165 ft (1,879 m) |
Built | 1935 |
Removed | Unknown |
Administered by | US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest |
San Gabriel Peak Lookout was a California Region 5 Plan 4A cabin on a 10 foot X-Brace open steel tower constructed as early as 1922 and may have later been replaced by a BC-301 design.
Fire dispatcher’s office, Pasadena, showing fire map and string stretched to indicate azimuth readings from different lookouts on a fire