Big Springs Lookout Tower

The Big Springs Lookout Tower is a fire lookout tower in Kaibab National Forest near Big Springs, Arizona. The tower was built in 1934 for the U.S. Forest Service by contractors from Kanab, Utah. The steel tower is 100 feet (30 m) tall and features a 7-foot (2.1 m) square cab at the top. A wood-frame cabin is located near the base of the tower; the cabin was built in 1959 to replace an older log cabin.^[2]

Big Springs Lookout Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Kaibab National Forest, Big Springs, Arizona
Coordinates	36°35′36″N 112°20′3″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1934
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference No.	87002478[1]
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988

The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

See also

• Big Springs Ranger Station

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Steere, Peter L. (July 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service". National Park Service. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

External links

Media related to Big Springs Lookout Tower at Wikimedia Commons

• Photo accompanying the National Register nomination