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Shadow Mountain Lookout

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Situated at an elevation of 9923 feet, the lookout is a three-story structure, with the first two stories in stone masonry, appearing to grow from a rock outcropping. The frame third story is topped by a pyramidal roof. The structure is near the summit of Shadow Mountain, looking over
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buildings in the national park system. It is now the only fire lookout surviving in Rocky Mountain National Park. Three other lookouts, now gone, were located at Twin Sisters Peak, the north fork of the
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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
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San Francisco Landscape Architecture Division. It was regarded as one of the best
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Shadow Mountain Lookout is located in Colorado
Shadow Mountain Lookout is located in the United States
Grand Lake, Colorado
40°13′50″N 105°48′52″W / 40.23056°N 105.81444°W / 40.23056; -105.81444
MPS
78000279
Rocky Mountain National Park
National Park Service
National Park Service Rustic
Thompson River
Long's Peak
Civilian Conservation Corps
Grand Lake
National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand County, Colorado
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Shadow Mountain Lookout"
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Buildings of Colorado
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"Shadow Mountain Fire Lookout"
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