Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin

Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin
Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin is located in Arizona
Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin
Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin is located in the United States
Grandview Lookout Tower and Cabin
LocationOff Coconino Rim Rd., Twin Lakes, Arizona
Coordinates35°57′28″N 111°57′17″W / 35.95778°N 111.95472°W / 35.95778; -111.95472
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
MPSNational Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference No.87002482[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Grand View Lookout Tower is a fire lookout in Kaibab National Forest near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The 80-foot (24 m) tall steel tower was built in the 1930s. Its observation cabin measures 7 feet (2.1 m) square. A small cabin is included in the designated area.[2]

The Arizona Trail passes the tower. The Hull Cabin Historic District is nearby.[2][3]

The Grandview Lookout Tower was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Grandview Lookout Tower". Kaibab National Forest. U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ Cleeland, Teri A. (October 30, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Hull Cabin Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

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