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Grandview Lookout Tower

Lookout Tower on Vishnu Overlook Trail, Arizona Trail - Coconino Rim, Arizona Trail in Kaibab NF, Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon NM, Colorado Plateau, Grand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge near Tusayan, AZ

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This steel lookout tower and two-room cabin were built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Lookout towers represent the U.S. Forest Service's long-standing commitment to fire detection and control. In the first years after the Forest Service was established in 1905, fire guards patrolled the forest on horseback. The earliest form of lookout structure was simply a platform mounted on a tree. The fire guard would climb the tree, spot the fire and then report it. Eventually, permanent stations such as this one were established. This site is now a trailhead for the Arizona Trail.

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