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Welcome to Lookout Junction ...

Lookout Junction is located in Modoc County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lookout Junction: Lookout Jct. (or less commonly used: Lookout Jctn.)

Lookout Junction is 4,240 feet [1,292 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lookout Junction is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lookout Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lookout Junction: 530

Communities near Lookout Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lookout Junction.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lookout Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lookout Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lookout Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lookout Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lookout Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Lookout Junction.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lookout Junction ...

Looking for more information about Lookout Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lookout Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lookout Junction.

Adding Lookout Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lookout Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lookout Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lookout Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Modoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lookout Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.