Deadwood Baldy Lookout Site
US 2021, CA 138
Deadwood Baldy Lookout

Deadwood Baldy Lookout - courtesy of Nancy Hood Collection

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 2021, CA 138 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered April 16, 2020
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Klamath National Forest
Siskiyou County, California
Coordinates N 41° 46.117' W 122° 49.122' (view using Google Maps)
N 41° 46' 07" W 122° 49' 07"
N 41.768624° W 122.818693°
Elevation 5,720 ft (1,743 m)
Built 1934
Removed 1974
Administered by US Forest Service - Klamath National Forest

Description

Deadwood Baldy served as a secondary lookout site from 1924 to 1933 with nothing but a canvas fly, alidade and telephone. A lookout structure was built in 1934, a California Region 5 Plan BC-301 cabin on a 10 enclosed timber tower.

The lookout was removed in 1974, only the foundation remains.

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Photos

Tent Structure When Used As A Secondary Lookout Site - 1933

Tent Structure When Used As A Secondary Lookout Site - 1933 - courtesy of Mark Swift Collection

Foundation Remains - 2008

Foundation Remains - 2008 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow