2023 Wildfires Lead to Wrapped Lookouts
The human-caused Flat Fire started on July 15 near Oak Flat Campground along the Illinois River in the Rogue River-Siskiyou
Month: July 2023
Harl Butte
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,071′ Visited: June 22, 2023 My last stop of the day, after visiting
McGraw Lookout
Type: 82′ tower with R6 cab Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,020′ Visited: June 22, 2023 After visiting Hat Point I made
Return to Hat Point
Type: 82′ tower with 7×7′ cab Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,982′ Visited: June 22, 2023 Hat Point was the very first
Buckhorn Lookout
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,331′ Visited: June 18, 2023 After visiting Red Hill I drove over to
Red Hill
Type: 26′ tower with 10×10′ cab Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,020′ Visited: June 21, 2023 Red Hill seems to have been
Hoodoo Ridge
Type: 100′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 4,219′ Visited: June 18, 2023 I parked along Road 62 and began
Return to Pechuck Mountain
Type: Stone cupola cabin Status: Not staffed; maintained by volunteers Elevation: 4,339 feet Visited: June 11, 2023 I hiked to
Return to Black Butte
Type: D-6 cupola (1923) and 35′ tower (1995) Status: Cupola is abandoned; Tower is staffed Elevation: 6,436 feet Visited: June
Green Ridge
Type: 20′ R-6 tower Status: Staffed/rental Elevation: 5,400′ Visited: June 3, 2023 I’ve never been successful in renting the Green