Round Mountain Lookout, Siskiyou County, California
Located in Modoc National Forest, Elevation = 5256 ft.
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Round Mountain Lookout, Siskiyou County, California
Located in Modoc National Forest, Elevation = 5256 ft. |
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| Round Mountain Lookout is in good shape and is staffed during the fire season. Ron Bellamy was the lookout and is in this photo. A Forest Service note with historical information and good driving directions is here. Photo taken by Fred Johnson on October 10, 2006. | ||||||||||
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| A recent photo taken July 18, 2012. The lookout was built in 1937 with some rework or repairs in 1956. There was a lookout person at this site as early as 1922 working with an outdoor sighting table and living out of a tent. It is usually staffed during the fire season. | ||||||||||
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| The USGS benchmark placed in 1948 is south of the building. | ||||||||||
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| A Pacific Gas & Electric Company survey disk is located NW of the building. Dated 1960. | ||||||||||