Mount Ingalls Lookout
US 1390, CA 213
Mount Ingalls Lookout 2008 - Relocated 1984
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 1390, CA 213 (view other lookouts in United States, California) |
| Date Registered | November 30, 2019 |
| Nominated by | Brad Eells |
| Location |
Plumas National Forest Plumas County, California |
| Coordinates |
N 39° 56.380' W 120° 54.880' (view using Google Maps) N 39° 56' 23" W 120° 54' 53" N 39.939660° W 120.914665° |
| Elevation | 3,468 ft (1,057 m) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Removed | 1984 |
| Administered by | US Forest Service - Plumas National Forest |
| Cooperators | Plumas County Fairgrounds |
Description
Mount Ingalls is the Plumas County high point at 8372 feet.
The lookout was constructed in 1936, a California Region 5 Plan BC-301 on a 10 foot enclosed timber tower.
The structure was dismantled and reconstructed at the Plumas County Fairgrounds in Quincy CA in 1984 where it continues to serve as a fire detection interpretive site to this day.
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Photos
Mount Ingalls Lookout Site - 2002
Road to Mount Ingalls Lookout Site - 2004
October 2022 photo
October 2022 photo