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Type: D-6 cupola (1923) and 35′ tower (1995) Status: Cupola is abandoned; Tower is staffed Elevation: 6,436 feet Visited: June
Category: Deschutes National Forest
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
Fox Butte
Type: 80′ steel tower Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,025′ Visited: June 11, 2021 After visiting East Butte I drove
East Butte
Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,400′ Visited: June 11, 2021 During a camping and hiking weekend in central
Spring Butte
Type: 41-foot-tall tower with 16′ octagonal cabin Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,462′ Visited: June 19, 2020 While camping in the area
Trout Creek Butte
Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,546′ Visited: May 31, 2020 The road up to Trout Creek Butte
Black Butte Cupola Being Restored
Volunteers with Friends of the Metolius have been working with the Forest Service to restore the old 1923 D6 cupola
Black Butte
Type: D-6 cupola (1923) and 35′ tower (1995) Status: Cupola is abandoned; Tower is staffed Elevation: 6,436 feet Visited: July 16,
Odell Butte
Type: 30′ tower with R-6 cabin Status: Staffed in summer Elevation: 7,033 feet Visited: July 28, 2013 Greg and I
Lava Butte
Visited October 2, 2011 Since we were in Bend for the weekend we decided to take a jaunt up to