Estelle Mountain Lookout
US 752, CA 83

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 752, CA 83 (view other lookouts in United States, California)
Date Registered December 16, 2008
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Hemet-Ryan Airport
Riverside County, California
Coordinates N 33° 43.819' W 117° 01.316' (view using Google Maps)
N 33° 43' 49" W 117° 01' 19"
N 33.730310° W 117.021930°
Elevation 1,512 ft (461 m)
Built 1935
Administered by County of Riverside, California
Cooperators County of Riverside, California

Description

Originally constructed in Riverside County 1935 by the California Div. of Forestry and the CCC, Estelle Mountain Lookout is a 14’x14’ C-3 cab with catwalk on a 30’ steel tower. About 1958 it was moved to its present location at the Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base.

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Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout - courtesy of Tim Rodriguez

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout - courtesy of Tim Rodriguez

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout - courtesy of Tim Rodriguez

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout

Original site of Estelle Mountain Lookout - courtesy of Tim Rodriguez

Estelle Mountain Lookout shortly after relocation Hemet-Ryan Air Tanker Base

Estelle Mountain Lookout shortly after relocation Hemet-Ryan Air Tanker Base - courtesy of Bud Richardson

April 28, 1934

April 28, 1934 - courtesy of Los Angeles Times