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Fire lookout · Graham County, Arizona

West Peak Lookout

A 1933 CCC-built, 46-foot Aermotor fire tower near Bonita, Arizona, listed on the National Register in 1988; its current condition is not documented in the sources read.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Access unknown

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Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower46-foot Aermotor LX-25 tower with a 7x7-foot cabThe design: Aermotor LX-24 / LX-25
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1933
Height
45 ft (13.7 m)
Elevation
8,628 ft (2,630 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Graham County, Arizona
Coordinates
32.73734, −110.03898
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-az-west-peak

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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 BuiltBuilt by the CCC, per the registerSource: nhlr.org
  2. No record between 1933 and 1988
  3. 1988 Listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a multiple-property listing of Southwestern fire lookoutsSources: treealive.com, npgallery.nps.gov
  4. 1997 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered May 15, 1997; nominated by Dave LorenzSource: nhlr.org
  5. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 8 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

West Peak Lookout stands on the Coronado National Forest in Graham County, Arizona, near the community of Bonita, at 8,628 feet.1,2 The register names the Safford Ranger District as a cooperator.1 The Civilian Conservation Corps built it in 1933, and the register describes a 46-foot Aermotor LX-25 tower with a 7-by-7-foot cab.1

The lookout was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988, as part of a multiple-property listing of Southwestern forest fire lookouts.2,3 The National Historic Lookout Register took it on May 15, 1997, nominated by Dave Lorenz, the Arizona registrar.1

The Arizona lookout list shows the tower as standing.4 I could not find a visit report, a staffing record or a fire history for West Peak in the sources I was able to read, so its current use and condition are unknown.1 The nevadahiking.org listing advises checking current access before going, and I could not confirm any public visiting arrangement.5

  1. West Peak Lookout, National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org), http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/az/west-peak-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  2. West Peak Lookout Tower, TreeAlive (National Register record), https://treealive.com/nr/87002466 (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  3. West Peak Lookout Tower, National Register Information System, National Park Service, https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/87002466 (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  4. Arizona lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/az/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  5. West Peak Lookout Tower, Graham County Arizona, nevadahiking.org, https://nevadahiking.org/loc/west-peak-lookout-tower/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩

Photos

Photo of West Peak Lookout
Photo: National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: type, status, register numbers, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. Wikidata -- US fire lookout towers (Q748998 and subclasses) Gave us: height, register numbers, dates, links Wikidata · CC0 1.0 (Wikidata). Images keep their own Commons licence/credit. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  4. OpenStreetMap -- fire lookout structures Gave us: links © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0. (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  5. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, agency, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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