Most people have never been to one, but they may still find something captivating and romantic about them. That same curiosity applies to firewatchers, the people who spend their summers, largely ...

A 65-foot-tall lookout tower, a suspended walkway spanning the treetops and a collection of tree houses will open to the public this spring. The 38-acre forested playground dubbed Owl Creek ...

“I definitely didn’t think the fire was going to get that close that soon,” he said. “It’s a good thing we didn’t stay for our second night, because the lookout burned that night.

“I definitely didn’t think the fire was going to get that close that soon,” he said. “It’s a good thing we didn’t stay for our second night, because the lookout burned that night.” Tolman was the last ...

Part of Cape May Point State Park, the World War II Lookout Tower – officially known as Fire Control Tower No. 23 – was built in 1942 and is New Jersey's last restorable tower from World War II.

In the early part of the 20th century, the newly established U.S. Forest Service built fire lookout towers around the country. The towers were topped by cabins with windows on all four walls and ...

Many towers have been removed or have been converted to rental cabins. Others still exist but sit empty. Though the footprint of the fire lookout system has atrophied, Decker said they remain an ...

Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist ...

commissioner of fire and police for Lookout Mountain, Tn. What happened, he said was that Saturday morning, the Lookout Mountain Fire Department answered a call for a brush fire in the national park.

Large Scale Lookout provides an insider view of Australia’s large-scale solar market. Subscribers will be able to: Track project development and discover when solar farms projects will come ...

The closure has prevented use of the popular subalpine hiking trail leading to the old fire lookout on Idaho Peak.