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Fire lookout · Siskiyou County, California

Craggy Peak Lookout Site

Klamath NF ground lookout near Callahan, CA: built as early as 1915, staffed in 1915 and 1921; only a foundation remains per the register; no access source found.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Only a foundation remains at the site, per the FFLOS register; removal date unknown

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Ground-level cabGround cabin with an unusual window arrangement, possibly a California Region 5 Plan 4A designThe design: Plan 4-A
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1915
Height
Unknown
Elevation
8,055 ft (2,455 m)
Agency
US Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
Land
Federal land
Location
Siskiyou County, California
Coordinates
41.25924, −122.78098
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-ca-craggy-peak

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1915 BuiltRegister says it may have been built as early as 1915; a June 1915 record already refers to the lookoutSources: firetower.org, californialookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1915 FireOctober 1915: fire near Granite Creek reported from the lookout and put out by a U.S. ranger and a state firewardenSource: californialookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1915 StaffedOctober 1915: a Mr. Corey and his wife were at the lookoutSource: californialookouts.weebly.com
  4. 1921 StaffedOctober 1921: a Mr. Friday was filling the fire warden position at the lookout stationSource: californialookouts.weebly.com
  5. No record between 1921 and 2020
  6. 2020 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered April 16, 2020 as US 2020, CA 137; nominated by Brad EellsSource: firetower.org
  7. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. When it came down is not recorded.

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 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Craggy Peak is in Siskiyou County, near Callahan, on the Klamath National Forest.1,2 The lookout site register puts the earliest possible build date at 1915.1 It describes a ground cabin with an odd window layout, which may follow a California Region 5 Plan 4A design.1

Records quoted on the Forest Lookouts page show the lookout already in place by June 1915, when a Shasta Forest supervisor was on his way to inspect it.2 That October, Mr. Corey and his wife were still at the lookout.2 He reported a fire near Granite Creek. A U.S. ranger and a state firewarden reached it quickly and extinguished it.2 In October 1921, a Mr. Friday was filling the fire warden post at the lookout station.2

The register gives the removal date as unknown.1 Only a foundation is left.1 We found no source that describes the site today, or says whether it is open to the public, so check with the Klamath National Forest before you go.

  1. Craggy Peak Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/ca/craggy-peak-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Craggy Peak - FOREST LOOKOUTS, Forest Lookouts, https://californialookouts.weebly.com/craggy-peak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Craggy Peak Lookout
Craggy Peak LookoutPhoto: Nancy Hood Collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.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. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) Ron Kemnow's Forest Lookouts sites (westlookouts, californialookouts, idaholookouts, montanalookouts, oregonlookouts and washingtonlookouts .weebly.com) · No licence stated; facts only (county, land manager, status word, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, township-range-section, height and design hints, links). The site's own newspaper quotes, citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, 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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