TRINITY COUNTY
KETTENPOM PEAK
Trinity National Forest
December 14, 1935: "The Forest Service is hauling the material to build the new Kettenpom lookout. It will be a 14 x 14 frame building upon a steel frame 20 feet off the ground." (Blue Lake Advocate)
DESIGNATION - KETTENPOM LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - LU2182
STATE/COUNTY- CA/TRINITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ZENIA (1967)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (JCS)
THIS UNOCCUPIED STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE PERMANENT LOOKOUT
STATION OF THE FOREST SERVICE, LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF KETTENPOM
PK. WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES E BY N FROM GARBERVILLE,
CALIFORNIA. THE STATION SITE WAS NOT VISITED BY THIS PARTY.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ZENIA, GO SOUTHERLY
UPHILL ON HAMAN RIDGE ROAD FOR 1.1 MILES TO A CROSSROAD, CONTINUE
AHEAD FOR 4.0 MILES TO A FORK AND A SHELL SERVICE STATION ON
THE LEFT. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO SOUTHWEST FOR 0.25
MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND A SIGN KETTENPOM LOOKOUT. TURN
LEFT AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.05 MILE TO A GATE, PASS THROUGH GATE
AND CONTINUE SOUTH FOR 0.55 MILE TO A FORK AND SIGN KETTENPOM
PEAK LOOKOUT 3/4 MILE. KEEP THE RIGHT FORK AND GO WESTERLY
FOR 0.6 MILE TO A CABIN ON THE LEFT AND THE END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL. HERE PACK UP WELL MARK TRAIL FOR 5 MINUTES TO THE
STATION ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE PEAK.
THE LOOKOUT IS A WHITE, WOODEN STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY 8 WOODEN
LEGS, 30 FEET IN HEIGHT AND IS ABOUT 20 BY 20 FEET SQUARE.