It’s unclear exactly when this happened, but at some point in the last year the rest of the lookout on Abbott Butte has collapsed. The lookout was included inside the boundary of the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness in 1984 and had…
Antelope Mountain
Type: 30′ R-6 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,456′ Visited: October 15, 2022 After visiting Crane Point I continued south to check out Antelope Mountain. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Road 544 to the summit had been re-graveled recently,…
Crane Point
Type: Wooden platform Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,414′ Visited: October 15, 2022 While staying at the Short Creek Guard Station I visited two lookouts, the first one being Crane Point. Does a wooden platform count as a lookout structure? I don’t…