Established in 1990, the National Historic Lookout Register is a program administered by the United States Forest Service, the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the, the National Forestry Association,[1] state forestry departments and Department of Interior agencies to recognize historic fire lookout towers in the United States.
The register is a cooperative effort of the between private non-profits, federal agencies and state forestry departments "to identify historic lookout towers that have played an important role in forest conservation."[2]
| Lookout Name | Registry Number | Location | Information | Photo | Listing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Creek Forestry Tower | US 696, MD 3 | Church Creek, Maryland (Church Creek Forestry station) | The 100' tower is a Aermotor tower with 7feetby7feetft (byft) metal cab with a rooftop catwalk; constructed by the Maryland Forest Service in 1932. | No Photo | ||
| Hopi Point Lookout | US 802, AZ 67 | Grand Canyon National Park 36.0763°N -112.1543°W | The first Hopi Lookout on this site in the Grand Canyon National Park was a tree-top crow's nest in 1909. | |||
| Kanabownitz Lookout | US 803, AZ 68 | Grand Canyon National Park 36.2907°N -112.2118°W | Built in 1940 | No Photo | ||
| North Rim Lookout | US 804, AZ 69 | Grand Canyon National Park 36.3306°N -112.1017°W | Built in 1928 | No Photo | ||
| Signal Hill Lookout[3] | US 805, AZ 70 | Grand Canyon National Park 36.1701°N -112.3581°W | Built in 1929 | |||
| Slide Mountain Lookout | US 1045, CA 100 | The Slide Mountain Lookout, located above Pyramid Lake off Interstate 5, was built in 1969 as part of the Pyramid Reservoir project. It was restored by ANFFLA and operational since 2003. This lookout is open all year long, and hearty volunteers are needed, as it is a 3-hour uphill hike to the lookout. | ||||
| William Penn Memorial Fire Tower | US 324, PA 7 | 2500 Skyline Drive, Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania | Built in 1939 by the City of Reading as a tourist attraction and fire observation post and staffed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry until 1988, William Penn Memorial Fire Tower is one of the most impressive lookouts in the U.S. This 120' stone tower with round copper dome cab replaced a wooden tower dating to 1889 which had burned in 1923. The City of Reading and Pagoda-Skyline, Inc. have restored the tower. |