Lake Mountain Lookout Complex Explained

Lake Mountain Lookout Complex
Added:	January 28, 1988
Refnum:	87002453

The Lake Mountain Lookout Complex is a 49-foot tall lookout tower erected in 1926 approximately 20 miles east of Lakeside, Arizona. It overlooks a portion of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.^[1] The lookout was staffed by a forest ranger who was stationed at the nearby Los Burros Ranger Station, from which they would ride out to the lookout each day.^[2] The tower was constructed atop Lake Mountain, at the 8250 foot elevation,^[3] by the Aermotor Windmill Company.^[4]

See also

• • • National Register of Historic Places listings in Apache County, Arizona

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forest Lookouts – Arizona – Lake Mountain . October 25, 2017 . October 26, 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171026002405/https://westlookouts.weebly.com/arizona.html.
2. Book: The Best in Tent Camping: Arizona . Kirstin Olmon . Kelly Phillips . 105 . Menasha Ridge Press . 2008 . 978-0897326483.
3. Book: National Woodlands . 25–26 . 18. National Woodlands Publishing Company . 2002 .
4. Web site: Arizona Lookouts . firelookout.org . November 8, 2017.