The current Mount Elizabeth Lookout is a USFS National Plan CL-100 on a 55 foot K-Brace steel tower. The structure was built and put in service in 1961, replacing an earlier structure.

The previous structure was a 40' steel tower has a 7'x7' cab. It was built in 1931 to replace a 1925 60' windmill-type tower with a flat unroofed platform.

Mount Elizabeth is staffed daily during fire season by the Forest Service.

Mi-Wok Ranger District, 4,939' elevation.here were two historic lookout towers on Mt. Elizabeth. The original tower, in existence at least by 1925, was a "windmill type" tower 60' high with a flat, unroofed platform.here was also a small cabin nearby. The second historic lookout, constructed in 1931, consisted of a 7' x 7' cab atop a steel tower. wooden residence was located adjacent to the tower. The historic lookout no longer exists and has been replaced by a live-in cab atop a 55' steel tower with a catwalk. Mt. Elizabeth is still used today as a fire lookout. (Stanislaus National Forest)