There are only three fire lookout towers standing in Nevada: Ella Mountain near Caliente ... check out these options: Sierra Buttes Lookout: Built in 1915, the Sierra Buttes Lookout sits at ...

Not long after, they all went up in flames in the devastating Great Fire of 1910 ... of the best leaf-peeping hikes in the northern Sierra Nevada, especially at roughly the halfway point.

Just as in-demand in the winter as it is during the summer, Calpine Lookout is perched nearly 6,000 feet above California’s Sierra Nevada. Built in 1934 and active as a fire tower for decades ...

Situated amongst the Sierra Nevada Mountains ... and treks up the 8,500-foot peaks of the Sierra Buttes range to a fire lookout tower. Shorter hikes encircle Sardine Lakes or let you trek out ...

Views of the Sierra Nevada range stretch from the slopes ... The road it’s on, appropriately called Lookout, retains a historic fire tower. The property sits on land originally owned by a ...