Owing to the unique panorama, the Milešovka Mt. was a favorite tourist destination already in the past.

For example, the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III visited this peak. He was accompanied by Alexander von Humboldt who appreciated the view from the Milešovka top as the third most beautiful one that he had ever seen.

Atmospheric conditions on the top of the Milešovka Mt. are similar to the free atmospheric ones. This fact motivated the commercial councilor Reginald Czermack-Warteck to stimulate the establishment of the meteorological station there. The Milešovka station is the oldest mountain station over the Czech territory.

The designated scientific committee was chaired by Prof. Dr. R. Spitaler, the head of the Department of cosmic physics and geodynamics at the German University in Prague. Prof. Dr. R. Spitaler became the first director of the Milešovka station later.

The architectonic project of the meteorological station was suggested by Mr. J. Hock and it was selected from five projects submitted in 1903. The station was completed at the end of June 1904 and the observations started in October.

The regular measurements have continued since 1905. There were only short-term breaks within the both world wars. In 1953 the station was devolved to the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. In 1964 it was commended to the Institute of Atmospheric Physics. A significant reconstruction of the building was completed in 2005.