Type: 30′ tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,113′ Visited: June 11, 2022 The third lookout I visited today was Table Mountain. I parked at the gate and started walking: Very soon the numerous communications towers started coming into view: The old…
Type: 40′ steel tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 5,210′ Visited: June 11, 2022 After visiting Chase Mountain I stopped at Parker Mountain. I turned off of the highway and passed through this gate with a sign warning that the property is…
Type: 20′ steel tower Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,349′ Visited: June 11, 2022 This was the first of three lookouts I visited today. This sign at the bottom of road where I turned off of Highway 66 was ominous,…
Type: 14×14′ Cabin Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 5,149 Visited: July 5, 2020 The Little Grayback Lookout is east of Cave Junction and we decided to see if we could get there before heading home from our stay at Bolan…
Type: Three-story enclosed tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 4,200 feet Visited: June 10, 2016 I attended the FFLA Western Conference in John Day this past weekend (more details here). Friday afternoon we visited two lookouts off of Highway 395. The first was…
In the Spring 2016 issue of Lookout Network there is news about the lookout on Tiptop Mountain in northeast Oregon. “The state is having to remove Tiptop Mountain Lookout, at the request of landowner Hancock Forest Management.” The abandoned tower is…
I learned today that the Oregon Department of Forestry tore down the Silver Butte lookout last June and replaced it with cameras. Silver Butte Lookout in 2006 (Ron Kemnow)
Type: 40′ tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,071 feet Visited: August 18, 2012 After visiting Point Prominence we drove over to Mt. Harris. The paper map and the GPS showed different and confusing networks of roads, but we finally figured out…