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Carrisa Lookout Complex

Otero County, NM

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

The Carrisa Lookout Complex on Lincoln National Forest holds an 80-foot Aermotor steel tower with a 7-by-7-foot cab erected in 1934, plus a CCC observer cabin and shed from 1935. Structures were restored in 2012 and listed on the National Register. The road to the tower is gated; the Forest Service allows foot access and has discussed future cabin rental use.

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RegionOtero County, NM
Coordinates (approx.)32.6762, -105.6196

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