Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 60, ME 1 (view other lookouts in United States, Maine)
Date Registered	September 16, 1993
Nominated by	Robert W. Reynolds, Supt., Acadia National Park
Location	Acadia National Park Hancock County, Maine
Coordinates	N 44° 18.663' W 068° 20.728' (view using Google Maps) N 44° 18' 40" W 068° 20' 44" N 44.311050° W 068.345474°
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Built	1962
Administered by	National Park Service
Cooperators	Acadia National Park

Description

Beech Mountain has been the site of a lookout in Maine’s Acadia National Park since 1943. The present prefab steel tower was built between 1960-62 in a project called ‘Operation Beech.” The lookout is now staffed by park rangers only during high fire danger. During the summer park volunteers attend the tower so hikers may climb the structure and visit the cab.