Loma Prieta Lookout
US 1876, CA 71
Loma Prieta Lookout - 1968

Loma Prieta Lookout - 1968 - courtesy of Zack Snyder

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1876, CA 71 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered December 23, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Santa Clara County, California
Coordinates N 37° 06.659' W 121° 50.639' (view using Google Maps)
N 37° 06' 40" W 121° 50' 38"
N 37.110988° W 121.843978°
Elevation 3,795 ft (1,157 m)
Built 1934
Removed Circa 1976
Administered by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire SCU)

Description

Loma Prieta Lookout was constructed in 1934, a US Forest Service BC-301 cabin on a 30 foot enclosed K-Brace steel tower. The original wood tower was constructed in 1927.

The date of removal may have been circa 1976. Loma Prieta does not appear in the 1991 CDF Historical Significance Survey.

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September 1940

September 1940 - courtesy of Santa Cruz Sentinel

August 1927

August 1927 - courtesy of Santa Cruz Evening News

January 1935

January 1935 - courtesy of Santa Cruz Evening News

1954

1954 - courtesy of Santa Cruz Sentinel

September 1949

September 1949 - courtesy of Santa Cruz Sentinel

Circa 1960

Circa 1960 - courtesy of Jim Coolidge

Late 1940's

Late 1940's - courtesy of Ken Johnson Collection