Horizon Forbidden West has 9 Vista Point Locations. Vista Points are a type of Collectable. You need at least one of them for the trophy “Recovered 5 Different Collectables”. They are holograms from the past that you must line up with the environment to recreate what the world looked like in the past. You must stand in a very specific spot and look at a certain location. For completing all of them you also unlock an audio log from Elisabet Sobeck and some rare crafting materials.
Scan the Vista Point Towers to see the outlines of a hologram that you must line up with the environment. Then go to the exact spot, as shown here in the guide, and press 
to line up the hologram with the world.
None of the Vista Points are missable. You can still find all of them after the story in free-roam. The 9th Vista Point only spawns after finding the first 8.
This guide lists them in the same order as the in-game Collectables Menu so you can easily reference the ones you are missing.
Vista Point #1: The Daunt
Location: Between Chainscrape & Barren Light
Solution: Scan the pillar with and you’ll see the outline of the scene you must reconstruct. Facing the plaque of the pillar, turn around and head north along the river until you reach a broken bridge (just a few meters away, inside the yellow search area on map). Face the broken bridge at the river, press and line up the path from the hologram with the bridge. See the exact endpoint location below.
Vista Point #2: Plainsong
Location: 250 Meters west of Plainsong.
Solution: Scan the pillar, then follow the road uphill. On top of the hill are two old windmills and two ruined buildings on the cliffs above them. Climb up to the ruined building on the left side above the windmills. From there look down into the valley, press to show the hologram on-screen and line up the left hologram windmill with the right real-world windmill. Look towards the satellite dishes in the valley, slightly down and to the right side from the viewpoint.
Vista Point #3: Scalding Spear
Location: 300 Meters north-east of Scalding Spear.
Solution: Scan the pillar, then glide down the hill to the west, where a Sunwing site is. There is a fall tree that you can climb to a rusted roof. From that roof you can look down to Scalding Spear and press to line up the hologram.
Vista Point #4: The Stillsands
Location: About halfway between Scalding Spear and Hidden Ember, at the northern edge of the desert area. 950 meters south of Scalding Spear.
Solution: Scan the pillar, then go up the cliffs a few meters north. There’s a viewpoint platform, from there you can look down in the desert and line up the tower from the hologram.
Vista Point #5: Dunehollow
Location: Found inside Dunehollow, accessed through Hidden Ember in the desert area. You must drop down the shaft inside Hidden Ember. This area is flooded earlier in the game. The water gets drained and the area becomes accessible for exploration after Main Quest 11: The Sea of Sands (after retrieving POSEIDON). The vista point isn’t marked on the map because it’s inside the Dunehollow location (underground), which has its own indoors map.
Solution: Any time after having completed Main Quest 11: The Sea of Sands, return to Hidden Ember in the desert and jump down the shaft to access Dunehollow, the area that was flooded during the story and is now drained. Go down a few floors to the 3rd floor (as per the Dunehollow indoors map), where the “Eiffel Tower” is. You can use the in-game map to see the Vista Point icon. Scan the pillar, then go up the broken bridge in the north of the area, can use the ladder to climb up. At the end of the broken bridge line up the hologram with the Eiffel Tower.
Vista Point #6: The Memorial Grove
Location: Found 300 meters north of The Memorial Grove.
Solution: Scan the pillar, then cross the river to the east and climb the mountain to the north-east that has an old metal structure on it. Standing at the edge of the mountain, line up the hologram with the metal structure on the cliff.
Vista Point #7: The Long Coast
Location: At the coast north of Tide’s Reach (north of Thornmarsh).
Solution: Scan the pillar, then head to the little island to the west off the coast, which has a small mountain on it. Climb the mountain and from there look at the buildings in the north. Line them up with the hologram.
Vista Point #8: Shrouded Heights
Location: Found at the north coast of San Francisco.
Solution: Scan the pillar, then jump in the ocean to the north. Dive down and you’ll see some underground ruins. To the east of it at the bottom of the ocean, there are some bright blue-glowing plants on the rocks and a yellow handlebar you can latch on to. Hang on to the handlebar and from there line up the ruins with the hologram.
Vista Point #9: Isle of Spires
Location: In the south of San Francisco, only spawns after completing the first 8 Vista Points.
Solution: This is only available after completing the first 8 Vista Points and also requires the flying mount “Sunwing”, automatically unlocked from Main Quest 16: The Wings of the Ten. Use the flying mount to fly to the top of the tall tower west of the vista point tower. Jump off your flying mount and glide to the topmost platform. Then sit on the yellow beam and look at the old skyscrapers to line up the hologram.
Reward
After completing all 9 Vista Points you will get a follow-up waypoint to “Vista Point: Isle of Spires” with the objective “Collect the Vista Point Reward”. This leads to a lootable safe at the west coast of San Francisco. Loot it for an audio log of Elisabet Sobeck along with some crafting materials. It’s just a short audio playback, nothing particularly useful.
For everything else needed to 100% completion, check out the full Horizon Forbidden West Wiki & Strategy Guide.
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