San Gabriel Peak Lookout Site
US 1852, CA 47
San Gabriel Peak Lookout

San Gabriel Peak Lookout - courtesy of Angeles National Forest

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1852, CA 47 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered December 4, 2019
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates N 34° 14.595' W 118° 05.915' (view using Google Maps)
N 34° 14' 36" W 118° 05' 55"
N 34.243242° W 118.098577°
Elevation 6,165 ft (1,879 m)
Built 1935
Removed Unknown
Administered by US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest

Description

San Gabriel Peak Lookout was a California Region 5 Plan 4A cabin on a 10 foot X-Brace open steel tower constructed as early as 1922 and may have later been replaced by a BC-301 design.

Map

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Photos

Fire dispatcher’s office, Pasadena, showing fire map and string stretched to indicate azimuth readings from different lookouts on a fire

Fire dispatcher’s office, Pasadena, showing fire map and string stretched to indicate azimuth readings from different lookouts on a fire - courtesy of US Forest Service by F. E. Dunham