Lake Mountain Lookout, Siskiyou County, California, Elev. = 6877 ft.

Located in Klamath National Forest

North side of Lake Mountain lookout which was built in 1912. Repairs may have been done in 1933. This lookout is on the National Historic Lookout Register #159. Photos taken August 25, 2005.
Nancy Hood on the left with Gail Hanna. Nancy is the lookout and she has been working as a fire lookout at four different sites in the Klamath National Forest continuously for 49 years. A remarkable record of service and dedication. Recent news: Nancy Hood retired on October 29, 2016 completing an amazing 58 years as a fire lookout. Nacny begain her career in 1959 at the Dry Lake Lookout. She also worked at Deadwood Lookout, Collins Creek Baldy, Buckhorn Lookout, Orr Mountain, Herd Peak, Scott Bar Mountain, Eddy Gulch, Bolivar, and Slater Butte.
Benchmark disk for Lake Mountain is not stamped with a name. Elevation shown as 6880 feet. There is no USGS datasheet for this site.