Pennsylvania Fire Lookouts
There are 444 known Pennsylvania Lookout sites
Name | County
| Type
& Make | Year
Blt | Disposition | Comments
|
Abbott
Mtn | Potter | Wood | >1917 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Albert
Lewis | Luzerne | Building | 1884 | Not
Standing | 1st
known Pa lookout |
Allegheny
Rdg | Lycoming | Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Amberson
Rdg | Perry | U/A | U/A | Not
Standing | Early
1900s |
Ardell
Farm | Clearfield
| Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Aristes | Columbia
| Steel,
A | 1919 | Not
Standing | Built
by AFPA, removed 1975 |
Asaph
| Tioga | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Removed
by 1924 |
Aughanbaugh
| Clinton | Wood?
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
Early 1900s |
Baer
Mtn | Adams | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Bailey
| Monroe | Wood
| 1916 | Not
Standing | Removed
by 1924, built by PFPA |
Bailey
Run Fork | Potter | Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Baker
Oven | Union | Tree
| 1914 | Not
Standing | Removed
by 1924 |
Bald
Eagle | Westmoreland | Steel?
| 1913 | Not
Standing | Removed
by 1924 |
Bald
Knob | Huntingdon
| Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Moved
1933, named Tyrone |
Bald
Knob | Somerset | Steel? | >1924 | Not
Standing | Removed
1933 |
Bald
Knob | Centre | Wood | 1909 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Bald
Knob | Westmoreland | Steel,
M-M | 1935 | Not
Standing | Removed,
unknown date after 1957 |
Bald
Mtn | Centre | Tree | 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Baldwin
Run | Tioga | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Replaced
USGS tower, Removed about 1964 |
Bally
| U/A | Wood
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917, Pocono Mtns |
Bandana | York | Steel,
B-K | 1952 | Standing | Hanover
Water Co. |
Banning
Point | Fayette | Cabin | 1942 | Not
Standing | Removed
1950, also called Banning Knob |
Barree
| Centre | Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | Removed
by 1924 |
Bear
Cave | Westmoreland | Steel,
A | 1923 | Standing | Private |
Bear
Run | Tioga | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Bear
Springs | Luzerne | Steel,
A | 1960 | Standing | State |
Bears
Head | Schuylkill | Steel,
M-M | 1935 | Standing | State |
Beaver
| Snyder | Steel,
M-M | 1949 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Bell
Branch | Potter | Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Berkey
Hill? | U/A | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Bethlehem | U/A | Building | 1975 | U/A | No
Longer Used |
Beyer
Camp | Clearfield
| Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | U/A |
Biedler
| Huntingdon | Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | U/A |
Big
Fire Line | Tioga? | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Big
Flat | Cumberland | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | State |
Big
Knob | Perry | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
1994 |
Big
Knob | Fulton | Tree | 1914 | Not
Standing | Replaced
by Tuscarora, 1921. AKA Big Mtn |
Big
Pine Vista | Pike | Bald? | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
Early 1900s |
Big
Pocono | Monroe | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | State |
Big
Poe Mtn | Centre | Tree | 1915 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Big
Poe Mtn | Perry | Tree | 1909 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Big
Ridge | Tioga | Tree | 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Big
Shiney | Lackawanna
| Steel,
A | 1928 | Not
Standing | Destroyed
by storm, 1950 |
Big
Turn | Huntingdon
| Tree | 1910 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Birch
Rocks | Clinton
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Bixel
Farm | Clinton
| Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Black
Moshannon | Centre
| Poles | U/A | Not
Standing | Stood
until 1950s |
Bloss
Mtn | Tioga | Steel,
A | 1939 | Not
Standing | Moved
from Maple Hill, Removed 1986 |
Blue
Hill | Clearfield | Tree
| 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Blue
Knob | Bedford | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Relocated,
1951, Removed 1991 |
Blue
Mtn | Mifflin | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
before 1977 |
Blue
Ridge | Mifflin | Wood
| 1913 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Boone
Mtn | Elk | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
1974 |
Boones
Mtn | Clearfield | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Booney | Snyder | Tree | 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Boot
Jack | Elk | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | State |
Bower
Mtn | Perry | Tree
| 1910 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Boyers
Knob | Northumberland | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
1975 |
Branch
Mtn | Union | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Brewer
Patch | Huntingdon
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Broad
Mtn | Carbon | Steel,
B | 1918 | Not
Standing | Replaced,
1933. AFPA built |
Broad
Mtn | Carbon | Steel?
| U/A | Not
Standing | Built
by coal Co. in use1924 |
Broad
Mtn | Huntingdon
| Tree
| 1906 | Not
Standing | Used
to circa 1917 |
Broad
Mtn | Carbon | Steel,
A | 1933 | Standing | County |
Broad
Ridge | Tioga | Tree
| 1916 | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Brockton | Schuylkill
| Steel,
B | 1918 | Not
Standing | Removed
1929. AFPA built |
Brooks
Run | Cameron | Steel,
A | 1941 | Standing | State |
Brush
Mtn | Blair
| Steel,
B-K | 1923 | Not
Standing | Moved
1948, named Scalp Level |
Brush
Ridge | Huntingdon | Wood
| 1913 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Buck
Horn | Lycoming
| Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Moved
1940, renamed Hemingway |
Buck
Ridge | Cumberland
| Steel,
B-K | 1934 | Not
Standing | Removed
1970s. moved from Staley Knob |
Buck
Ridge | Mifflin
| Tree
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Buckhorn
Ridge | Pike
| Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Buckhorn
Ridge | Pike | Steel,
B-K | 1935 | Standing | State |
Buffalo
Mtn | Union
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Bull
Run | Tioga | Tree | 1914 | Not
Standing | Used
to circa 1917 |
Bulls
Head | Schuylkill
| Steel | 1922 | Not
Standing | Removed
1929, built by AFPA |
Bushkill
Lookout | Monroe | U/A | U/A | Not
Standing | U/A |
Cabin | Fayette | U/A | U/A | Not
Standing | Cabin
Used in 1924 |
Caledonia
Pike | Clearfield
| Tree | 1915 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Canal
Rock | Lycoming
| Tree | 1913 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Catawissa
| Columbia | Steel,
B-K | 1923 | Not
Standing | Removed
1976 |
Cherry
Springs | Potter | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | Blown
down 1985, replaced 1987 |
Chickaree
| Cambria | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Moved
1930, renamed Clymer |
Chimney
Rocks | Franklin
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1908 to circa 1917 |
Chimney
Rocks | Perry | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1909 to circa 1917 |
Christmans
| Carbon | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Moved
1925, renamed Mauch Chunk |
Clarks
Knob | Franklin | Steel | 1943 | Not
Standing | Moved
from Pine Mtn. Removed 1945 |
Clessin
Mtn | Lycoming | Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | U/A |
Clymer
| Indiana | Steel,
A | 1930 | Not
Standing | Moved
from Chickaree, Removed 1978 |
Coalmont
| Huntingdon | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Coffin
Rocks | Clinton | Steel,
A | 1987 | Standing | State |
Coffin
Rocks | Clinton | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Blown
down, 1985, Replaced 1987 |
Cole
Hill | Warren | Steel,
A | 1925 | Not
Standing | Removed
after 1995 |
Confluence
Knob | Somerset?
| Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1929 |
Conococochegue
| Perry | U/A | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
Early 1900s |
Cook
Forest | Clarion | Steel,
A | 1929 | Standing | State |
Cornwall
| Lancaster | Steel,
A | 1923 | Not
Standing | Removed
2004 |
Corwin's
Farm | Potter | Bald
| U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Cove
Mtn | Lycoming | Tree
| 1913 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Cow
Catcher | Franklin
| Tree | 1909 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Cowan | Fulton | Wood | 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Crader's | Centre | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Crandall | Potter | Steel,
A | 1920 | Not
Standing | Removed
1990, AKA Crandall Hill |
Cresco
| Monroe | Wood | 1916 | Not
Standing | Removed
before 1924 |
Cross
Mtn | Franklin | Steel,
I-S | 1934 | Not
Standing | Removed
1962 |
Crune
Lookout | Cameron | Wood | 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917, Removed by 1924 |
Cummings | Westmoreland | Wood
| U/A | Not
Standing | Blew
down 1925 |
Dancing
Ridge | Monroe | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Dancing
Ridge | Monroe | Steel,
B-K | 1935 | Not
Standing | Moved
from Snow Hill, ReMoved 1975 |
Del.
Water Gap | Monroe | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Delroy | Tioga | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Devil's
Half Acre | Cumberland | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Diehl's
Hill | Huntingdon | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Dry
Land Hill | Luzerne | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | State |
Dry
Meadow | Pike
| Steel,
M-M | 1934 | Not
Standing | Removed
1975 |
Dunlo
| Cambria
| U/A | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
about 1927 |
Eagle
Field | Centre | Steel,
A | 1982 | Standing | Private |
Eagle
Knob | Clinton | Wood | 1915 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Eastern
Kettle | Snyder | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Edgemere
| Pike | Steel,
P | U/A | Not
Standing | Removed
1934 |
Eldridge
| Forest | Steel | U/A | Not
Standing | Another
name for Marienville? |
Elk
Hill | Susquehanna | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
before 1989 |
Elk
Knob | Lycoming
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Elliott | Jefferson | Steel,
A | 1931 | Not
Standing | Moved
1985, renamed Eagle Field |
Elstie | Cambria | Steel,
A | 1930 | Not
Standing | Removed
1981 |
Ewing
Path | Huntingdon
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Exeter | Luzerne | Tree | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1924 & 1925 |
Exeter
Lookout | Luzerne
| Tree | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1924 & 1925 |
Faunce | Clearfield | Steel,
B-K | 1923 | Not
Standing | Removed
1979 |
First
Mtn | Center | Tree | 1917 | Not
Standing | U/A |
First
Mtn | Clinton | Wood | 1911 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Flag
Staff | Carbon | Steel | 1922 | Not
Standing | Built
by AFPA, Removed 1929 |
Flat
Ridge | Pike | Wood | 1910 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Flat
Rock | Clearfield | Tree | 1913 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Foresters | Monroe | Wood | 1913 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Fork
Hill | Clinton | Tree | 1915 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Fork
Hill | Tioga | Tree
| 1914 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Fort
Hill Knob | Somerset | Bald? | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1929 |
Four
Mile Hill | Clearfield | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Fox
Hill | Luzerne | Steel,
M-M | 1934 | Not
Standing | Moved
1949, renamed Beaver |
Fox
Mtn | Potter | Steel,
A | 1916 | Not
Standing | Removed
1987 |
Freeland | Luzerne | Steel,
P | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
1925 - 1927, Replaced 1928 |
Freeland | Luzerne | Steel,
A | 1927 | Standing | State |
Frying
Pan | Tioga | Tree | 1910 | Not
Standing | Still
Used circa 1917 |
Furnace
Road | Huntingdon
| Bald? | 1912 | Not
Standing | Used
until circa 1917 |
Gleason | Tioga | Steel | 1914 | Not
Standing | Removed
1928 |
Glen
Campbell | Indiana | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Removed
1990 |
Glen
Summit | Luzerne | Steel,
B | 1919 | Not
Standing | Built
by AFPA, Removed 1929 |
Good
Springs | Schuylkill | Steel | >1924 | Not
Standing | Removed
1960s |
Goodall | Tioga | 1-Tree,
2-Steel, A | 1910 | Not
Standing | Tree
Replaced 1920, Removed 1983 |
Goodwin
Knob | Fayette | Building | 1922 | Not
Standing | Removed
1987 |
Goulds | Wayne | Steel,
B-K | 1923 | Standing | Private |
Gov.
Dick Hill | Lebanon | Wood
| U/A | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Grandview | Luzerne | Steel,
A | 1979 | Standing | State |
Grassflat | Clearfield | Steel | 1923 | Not
Standing | Removed
1931 |
Greens
Knob | Huntingdon
| Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Greenwood | Huntingdon | Steel,
A | 1921 | Standing | State |
Grove
Mtn | Cameron | Steel,
A | 1921 | Not
Standing | Moved
1940, renamed Brooks |
Haldeman | Dauphin | Wood | 1935 | Not
Standing | Removed,
date unknown |
Hall's
Rocks | Clinton | Tree | 1913 | Not
Standing | Used
to circa 1917 |
Hammonds
Rocks | Cumberland | Bald | U/A | Not
Standing | Used
circa 1917 |
Hanley
| Elk | Steel,
A | 1926 | Not
Standing | Removed
circa 1990 |
Harrison | Tioga |