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Parkview Lookout
US
535
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Colorado
7
Routt National Forest
Grand County, Colorado
Elevation:
12296'
Coordinates:
N40.33030 W106.13635
Administrative Unit:
U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators:
Amateur Radio Forest Fire Lookout Tower Association -- W7XAQ
Date Certified:
8/13/2003
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The groundhouse at Parkview Lookout was built to stay in 1916 and it is still there although it has not been used since 1948. At 12,225’ located 15 miles west of Rocky Mountain National Park on the Routt National Forest, it is the second highest elevation lookout in the U.S. Solidly constructed with concrete walls it is architecturally representative of the era when construction of lookouts was by local district rangers without standardized designs.
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Colorado/Utah FFLA Chapter website
1972 photo courtesy Fred and Monica Spicker
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1972 photo courtesy Fred and Monica Spicker
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