Mt. Lookout is a small unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States, 10 miles south of Summersville.Mount Lookout's name is descriptive of the elevated town site.Mount Lookout has a post office with the ZIP Code 26678. Post Office Box service is available as well as highway contract street delivery. As of 2016, there is delivery route serving the communityMount Lookout has elementary school, Mt. Lookout Elementary, as well as a Head Start program. There is small general store, Kountry Mart, selling pop, bread, snacks, etc. The area is served by the Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department. There is one Baptist church, Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. There is a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. There are a handful of vehicle mechanics in the community.Mount Lookout is divided in half by US Route 19.