Mount Hough Lookout
US 1339, CA 162
Mount Hough Lookout - 2009

Mount Hough Lookout - 2009 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1339, CA 162 (view other lookouts in United States, California)
Date Registered October 24, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Plumas National Forest
Plumas County, California
Coordinates N 40° 02.660' W 120° 53.172' (view using Google Maps)
N 40° 02' 40" W 120° 53' 10"
N 40.044330° W 120.886199°
Elevation 7,234 ft (2,205 m)
Built 1911/1915/1934/1986
Administered by US Forest Service - Plumas National Forest

Description

A lookout point with a telephone line was established in 1911, by July a structure had been built on the site. This building was replaced in 1915, likely by an original plan California 4A on a short tower. In 1934 a BC-301 cabin replaced the existing structure.

The structure was replaced again in 1986 and houses some microwave relays.

Mount Hough is regularly staffed for fire detection. Wayne Pease has spent 30 of his 50 years as a Lookout Observer at Mount Hough.