Twin Sisters Lookout

The Twin Sisters Lookout, also known as the Twin Sisters Radio Tower and the Twin Sisters Shelter Cabin, was built by the U.S. Forest Service in 1914, the year before the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park. The rustic stone structure was taken over by the National Park Service in 1925. The one-story building has an arched roof with a trap door to provide access when snow has drifted over the ground-level door.[2] From 1914 to 1969 the shelter served as accommodations for fire observation crews at a nearby frame lookout, which has since vanished. The building is now used as a radio repeater station.[3]

Twin Sisters Lookout
Front of the Lookout
Twin Sisters Lookout is located in Colorado
Twin Sisters Lookout
Twin Sisters Lookout is located in the United States
Twin Sisters Lookout
Nearest cityEstes Park, Colorado
Coordinates40°17′21″N 105°31′3″W
Built1914
ArchitectUS Forest Service
MPSRocky Mountain National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.92001670[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1992

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Twin Sisters Radio Tower". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. January 11, 2009.
  3. Steven F. Mehls (August 4, 1991). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Twin Sisters Lookout (pdf). National Park Service.

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