Twin Sisters Lookout
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Twin Sisters Lookout | |
 Front of the Lookout | |
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| Nearest city | Estes Park, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′21″N 105°31′3″W / 40.28917°N 105.51750°W |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | US Forest Service |
| MPS | Rocky Mountain National Park MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001670[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 24, 1992 |
The Twin Sisters Lookout, also known as the Twin Sisters Radio Tower and the Twin Sisters Shelter Cabin, was built by the U.S. Forest Service in 1914[2], the year before the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park. The rustic stone structure was taken over by the National Park Service in 1925.[3] The one-story building has an arched roof with a trap door to provide access when snow has drifted over the ground-level door.[4]
From 1914 to 1969, the shelter served as accommodations for fire observation crews at a nearby lookout. The lookout, originally a frame building, was replaced with a steel building in 1950[5] that was in use through 1971. The lookout was dismantled and removed in 1977 by Youth Conservation Corps members.[6] The shelter is now used as a radio repeater station.[7]
