Monte Vista Lookout Cabin is a structure in Cochise County, Arizona, that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The cabin sits at the base of the Lookout, in the southern portion of the Chiricahua Mountains in the Coronado National Forest. In 1956, it was erroneously reported that the cabin had been destroyed during a forest fire. The structure was also threatened by fire in 2011 during the Horseshoe II Fire.
It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The PDF includes a substantial amendment and extension document by Teri A. Cleeland, dated December 5. 1990, starting at PDF page 207, as well as photos, correspondence, and other documents. Registration photos of individual lookouts exist and are part of the report, but are not included in the PDF.
Photos in 1986 show that it is a log cabin with chinking between its logs, with a front porch, and with fire tower behind. These are part of the lookout's National Register of Historic Places nomination, as part of the National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service" study but are not included in that study's main PDF report.
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