Hirz Mountain Lookout, Shasta County, California

Located in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Elevation 3543 ft.

Hirz Mountain is a rental lookout. It is a short, steep hike up to the lookout from the parking area so all food and water will have to be carried. This all steel tower and cab was built around 1940. This lookout is on the National Historic Lookout Register #638. Photos taken by Richard Carey on August 11, 2009.
A bronze plaque at the lookout site.
This benchmark, Hirz 2, was found near the lookout tower. Dated 1971. Datasheet: LU1895