Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,086′ Visited: June 12, 2021 There used to be four lookouts in Oregon’s Maury Mountains, but the only one still standing is Tower Point. From Road 16 I turned onto 1750 for 2.2…
Bald Butte
Type: 41′ timber tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,920′ Visited: May 29, 2018 After lingering for a long time on Dry Mountain we headed over to Bald Butte. A short spur road heads up to the lookout from Road 41. The road…
Dry Mountain
Type: 70′ steel tower Status: Used for emergencies Elevation: 6,281′ Visited: May 29, 2018 At the start of our long Memorial Day Weekend Greg and I visited several lookouts. The first one was Dry Mountain. We took Highway 20 towards…
Wolf Mountain
Type: 108′ tower with L-4 cab Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,483′ Visited: July 16, 2011 Greg and I drove up Road 5840 – another rough and terrible road – to visit Wolf Mountain. I was glad I was in my high…
Black Mountain
Type: Crow’s nest Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,306′ Visited: July 16, 2011 After visiting Mt. Pisgah we set out to find the old Black Mountain lookout. This one was nothing more than a crow’s nest up in a tree that was…
Mt. Pisgah
Type: 20′ tower with R-6 cab Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,816′ Visited: July 16, 2011 Greg and I drove up Mt. Pisgah last weekend to see the 1964 lookout there. Road 2630, the access road, is pretty rough and it took…