Lemmon Rock Lookout — Photo-Artistry by kenne
There’s a lookout on a rock
That’s called, Lemmon Rock.
Placed on the side of Mt. Lemmon
Where a ranger with his dog
Watch over the Catalina’s.
Listening to echoes of liance.
Fires have come close
But never close for cause
To abandoned the watch
Tracking the forest’s future
Thinking about a poem
They will never write.
— kenne
Those western fire lookout towers came as a surprise for me, sitting so close to the ground (or rocks) as they do. In the eastern forests, they’re almost always high up on stilts to view over the treetops, even when they’re on top of a big hill or mountain.
The original Lemmon Rock lookout was a tower — https://kenneturner.com/2012/07/25/a-visit-to-the-lemmon-rock-lookout-in-the-catalina-mountains/