Warm Springs Mountain Lookout
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 |
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.
1974
Arthur Merwin at Warm Springs Mountain
Mary Stahl - 1967
Mary Stahl - 1974
Warm Springs Mountain Lookout Tower - 2017
Photo courtesy of Matthew Wadsworth
1967
1937