There comes a moment, every time you visit a fire lookout tower, when you become certain that you have gotten hopelessly, irretrievably lost. The dirt road is buckled and overgrown; your tires skirt a ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts – great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters, who ...

There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts like this one deserve a second chance at ...

From almost 7,200 feet above sea level, the wildfire danger is easy to spot. Mount Ord is located astride the Gila/Maricopa county line, about 27 miles northeast of Fountain Hills. Other than its ...

Nevada’s last surviving fire lookout tower has made the history books for sending as well as receiving signals. The 68-year-old Zephyr Cove Lookout Tower, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, was ...

Fire lookout towers may seem antiquated in light of new technology used to detect wildfires. But some firefighters see the value in bringing them back to Nova Scotia.

Looking for that one Christmas gift that towers over all the rest? You can get your hands on a surplus, steel, 80-foot-tall fire lookout tower — and likely dirt cheap. That is, until you tack on ...