Pilot Peak Lookout (Stanislaus National Forest)
US 1394, CA 217
Pilot Peak Lookout - 2010

Pilot Peak Lookout - 2010 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1394, CA 217 (view other lookouts in United States, California)
Date Registered December 1, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Stanislaus National Forest
Tuolumne County, California
Coordinates N 37° 45.758' W 119° 56.158' (view using Google Maps)
N 37° 45' 45" W 119° 56' 09"
N 37.762627° W 119.935961°
Elevation 6,011 ft (1,832 m)
Built 1962-63
Administered by US Forest Service - Stanislaus National Forest

Description

Pilot Peak Lookout was constructed in 1962-63, a National Plan, 1959 Revision CL-100 cabin atop a 20 foot K-Brace open steel tower.

Pilot Peak has been a Fire Detection point since at lease 1921.

Map

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Photos

1961

1961 - courtesy of Stanislaus National Forest

1945

1945 - courtesy of Rex Kamstra

1943

1943 - courtesy of Mark Swift Collection

2010

2010 - courtesy of Richard Carey