The Unwondering Project
Top 10 Fire Lookout Towers in America
Ten places we think are worth the trip, hand-picked, not an exhaustive list, just a place to start.
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Ten places we think are worth the trip, hand-picked, not an exhaustive list, just a place to start.
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Narrow ridge lookout in Six Rivers National Forest with the Siskiyou Wilderness on one side and the Pacific visible on the other
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The only California lookout rental wired with its own electricity and a refrigerator
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1934 Civilian Conservation Corps build, one of three surviving enclosed windmill-style lookouts in the state
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Unobstructed sightline to Mount Shasta and the granite spires of Castle Crags
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Sits directly over the houseboat-lined arms of Shasta Lake
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A working Modoc Plateau lookout with Mount Shasta filling the whole western horizon
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