Devil's Head Lookout, Fire lookout tower in Douglas County, Colorado

Devil's Head Lookout is a fire lookout tower standing on a rocky granite peak in Pike National Forest at high elevation. The structure sits where observers can see across a wide range of forested mountains and valleys in all directions.

The station was first established in 1912, and the original tower was built in 1919. In summer 1951 the old tower was dismantled and the present structure was built. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

The lookout's name comes from the granite pinnacle it stands on, Devils Head, whose shape suggested a horned head to early mapmakers. Visitors today climb the final 143 stairs cut into the rock, and the tower is the last fire lookout still in service along Colorado's Front Range.

The round trip on the Devils Head National Recreation Trail covers 2.8 miles (4.5 km) with 951 feet (290 m) of elevation gain, and the final stretch is a climb of 143 stairs. Reach the trailhead via Rampart Range Road, a 14.5-km dirt road from CO67 that passenger cars can handle. The road to the trailhead is closed to vehicles in winter and usually does not open until April or May.

The lookout is the last fire lookout still in service along Colorado's Front Range. On clear days the view from the cab reaches at least 100 miles in every direction, across the forested ridges of the Rampart Range and the granite outcrops below.