Bluewater Lookout Complex
- On the Register
- since Jan 28, 1988
- Built
- 1917
- Significant for
- Conservation, Politics, Architecture
- Importance
- National
- Type
- Structure
- Where
- Near Weed, NM (5.4 mi from the town center)
About
The Bluewater Lookout Complex, in Otero County, New Mexico near Weed, New Mexico was established in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included a contributing structure and two contributing buildings.
It consists of a 45-foot-tall (14 m) fire lookout tower and associated buildings in Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico. The tower has a 7 by 7 feet (2.1 m × 2.1 m) steel cab and is either an Aermotor LX-E4 model or an International Derrick Company tower. The two buildings are a wood-frame cabin and a storage shed, built in 1937.
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75608846 · Wikidata.