Warm Springs Mountain Lookout Site
US 1790, CA 36
Warm Springs Mountain Lookout

Warm Springs Mountain Lookout - courtesy of Angeles National Forest

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1790, CA 36 (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° 35.733' W 118° 34.788' (view using Google Maps)
N 34° 35' 44" W 118° 34' 47"
N 34.595544° W 118.579805°
Elevation 4,022 ft (1,226 m)
Built 1934
Removed 1987
Administered by US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest

Description

Warm Spring Mountain Lookout was constructed in 1934. The cabin is a California Region 5 Plan BC-301 on a 20 foot H-Brace open steel tower.

The lookout was overrun by the Ruby Fire in 1987 and burned. The cabin was not staffed and wasn't rebuilt. The steel tower remains today.

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Photos

1974

1974 - courtesy of Los Angeles Times

Arthur Merwin at Warm Springs Mountain

Arthur Merwin at Warm Springs Mountain

Mary Stahl - 1967

Mary Stahl - 1967 - courtesy of The Signal

Mary Stahl - 1974

Mary Stahl - 1974 - courtesy of Los Angeles Times

Warm Springs Mountain Lookout Tower - 2017

Warm Springs Mountain Lookout Tower - 2017 - courtesy of Matthew Wadsworth

Photo courtesy of Matthew Wadsworth

1967

1967

1937

1937