PACHECO PEAK
Santa Clara County - California Department of Forestry
September 20, 1935: "Work on construction of a new lookout tower at Pacheco Peak will start in about 10 days under direction of W.D. Winters, chief State Fire ranger for Santa Clara County. Crews directed by Winters are completing a road up the mountain so that necessary supplies for building the new fire lookout may be carried to the summit." (Oakland Tribune)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - PACHECO LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - HS4841
STATE/COUNTY- CA/SANTA CLARA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PACHECO PEAK (2018)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (EBB)
THE PACHECO LOOKOUT HOUSE IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF PACHECO
PEAK, ABOUT 16 MILES AIRLINE EAST OF GILROY, 8 MILES AIRLINE
NORTH NORTHEAST OF DUNNEVILLE.
THE HOUSE IS A HIGH BUILDING OF ABOUT 14 X 14 FEET AND ABOUT
40 FEET HIGH, AND IS PAINTED WHITE.