TRINITY COUNTY
BACKBONE RIDGE
Trinity National Forest
35N-11W-17
35N-11W-17
July 9, 1938: "The precedent of taking your bride to the mountains was set last week by Mr. and Mrs. Normal Olsen, newlyweds, who reside at Backbone Ridge lookout." (Blue Lake Advocate)
DESIGNATION - BACKBONE LOOKOUT HOUSE 1961
PID - LU2121
STATE/COUNTY- CA/TRINITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - THURSTON PEAKS (1982)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (JCC)
THE STATION IS THE TOP-CENTER OF THE CHIMNEY OF THE LOOKOUT
HOUSE. IT IS A WOOD BUILDING AND THE HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF
THE CHIMNEY IS 13 FEET. A MEASUREMENT WAS MADE FROM TRIANGULATION
STATION BACKBONE (USGS) AND THE DISTANCE WAS FOUND TO BE 25.98
FEET OR 7.921 METERS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE MARK.
THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS ON THE NORTH END OF BACKBONE RIDGE, ABOUT
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEAVERVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF HELENA.