lookout post
Sentry's elevated position
A lookout post is a position or structure from which someone watches for danger, enemy activity, or other developments.
Military forces establish lookout posts for surveillance; lifeguards work from elevated lookout posts on beaches.
The term emphasizes the location itself rather than the person stationed there: They set up a lookout post on the ridge overlooking the valley.
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- guard towerElevated post for sentries
- sentinelGuard who monitors
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- sentryGuard on duty
keep watch · observation · observation deck · vantage · high ground · perch · crow's nest · eagle eye · turret · scout · surveillance · vigilance · early warning · horizon · binoculars · fire watch · beacon · rampart
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- guard postssentry box, guard booth, guard shack, guard tower, checkpoint
- frontier postsoutpost, fort, garrison, stockade, frontier fort
- military stationscommand center, radar station, fire control, missile silo, control room
- towerstower, bell tower, radio tower, water tower, cell tower
- treehousestreehouse, tree house, wooden platform, rope ladder, tree dwelling
lookout posthiding spot
hiding place · hideout · concealment · blind spot · foxhole
lookout postbunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
shelter · refuge · stronghold · fallback position · safe zone
look, looks, looked, looking, looker, outlook, overlook, overlooked, overlooking