The groundhouse at Parkview Lookout was built to stay in 1916 and it is still there although it has not been used since 1948. At 12,225’ located 15 miles west of Rocky Mountain National Park on the Routt National Forest, it is the second highest elevation lookout in the U.S. Solidly constructed with concrete walls it is architecturally representative of the era when construction of lookouts was by local district rangers without standardized designs.

According to a 2019 report, the condition of the cab exterior is poor-fair and “has not had maintenance done on it for a long time.  Very rough exterior.  At over 12,000’ it gets battered by wind, sun, rain, snow and everything else”.  The condition of the interior is poor-fair.  “We used to house one of our Forest radio repeaters inside.  Did have glass windows with wooden covers/shutters. Glass is getting more and more broken out each year.”