Mount Harkness Fire Lookout

	Mount Harkness Fire Lookout
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Coordinates	40°25′52″N 121°18′06″W / 40.43111°N 121.30167°W
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Historic Park Landscapes in National and State Parks MPS
NRHP reference No.	100001211
Added to NRHP	June 19, 2017

The Mount Harkness Fire Lookout, on Mount Harkness in Lassen Volcanic National Park, in Plumas County, California near Mineral, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

It was built in 1931 to a "classic rustic NPS design". It has a 15 by 15 feet (4.6 m × 4.6 m) cab with a log catwalk and railings, upon a 15 feet (4.6 m) stone tower.^[2]

It is at elevation 7,985 feet (2,434 m) and is staffed and open during the summer.^[2]

It is one of fewer than 40 operating National Park Service (NPS) fire lookouts in 2019.^[3]

It was destroyed by the July/August 2021 Dixie Fire.^[4]

References

^ "Weekly list". National Park Service. June 23, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Harkness Fire Lookoout". National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
^ "Mount Harkness Lookout". National Historic Lookout Register. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
^ Chapman, Mike. "Dixie Fire destroys historic fire lookout in Lassen Volcanic National Park; more facilities at risk". Redding Record Searchlight. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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[weekly-1] "Weekly list". National Park Service. June 23, 2017.

[nps-2] "Mount Harkness Fire Lookoout". National Park Service. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

[nhlr-3] "Mount Harkness Lookout". National Historic Lookout Register. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

[4] Chapman, Mike. "Dixie Fire destroys historic fire lookout in Lassen Volcanic National Park; more facilities at risk". Redding Record Searchlight. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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