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Fire lookout · Forest County, Pennsylvania

Muzzette Tower Site

Also known as Muzette Lookout Tower (likely gone)

Steel Aermotor tower built by the U.S. Forest Service in 1935 in Forest County; removed before 1995, and no source describes the site now.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed before 1995, according to the register; OpenStreetMap labels it likely gone.

Visit & stay

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

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towersteel Aermotor towerThe design: Aermotor
Built of
Steel
Built
1935
Height
Unknown
Elevation
1,781 ft (543 m)
Agency
Unknown
Land
Unknown
Location
Forest County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
41.48451, −79.24004
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-pa-muzzette

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1935 BuiltBuilt by the U.S. Forest Service, per the registerSource: firetower.org
  2. 1936 EventLabeled as the Muzette Fire Tower on a 1936 map of the Marienville areaSource: pastmaps.com
  3. No record between 1936 and 1995
  4. 1995 RemovedRemoved before 1995, per the registerSource: firetower.org
  5. 2008 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered September 16, 2008Source: firetower.org
  6. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

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 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

According to the register of former lookouts, the Muzzette Tower, a steel Aermotor, was built in 1935 by the U.S. Forest Service.1 The register lists the site in Forest County at US 393 and PA 222, puts it at 1,781 feet (543 m), and spells the name Muzzette. OpenStreetMap uses Muzette.1,2

A 1936 map of the Marienville area labels a Muzette Fire Tower, one of several fire lookouts it shows.3

The register says the tower was removed before 1995.1 OpenStreetMap labels its point "Muzette Lookout Tower (likely gone)" and gives the elevation as 539 meters, a few meters below the register's figure.2

No source we read describes what, if anything, remains at the site today, or whether it is open to visitors.

  1. Muzzette Tower Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/pa/muzzette-tower-site/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Muzette Lookout Tower (likely gone), OpenStreetMap, https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/357364635 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. 1936 Map of Marienville, PA, Pastmaps, https://pastmaps.com/map/marienville-forest-county-pa-usgs-topo-1936-p1953 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, type, what it is built of, status, register numbers, dates, 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. OpenStreetMap -- fire lookout structures Gave us: status, links © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0. (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  3. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, 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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