Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 5,098′ Visited: June 18, 2021 From the trailhead at Chetco Pass it’s a 2.7 mile hike to reach Pearsoll Peak, assuming your car can make it up the rough road, and…
Tower Point
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…
Fox Butte
Type: 80′ steel tower Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,025′ Visited: June 11, 2021 After visiting East Butte I drove through the rain over to Fox Butte. From Road 23 I turned onto 550. There’s a geocache up on the…
East Butte
Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,400′ Visited: June 11, 2021 During a camping and hiking weekend in central Oregon I visited several fire lookouts. East Butte is a staffed lookout in the Deschutes National Forest. From Road 18…
Lookouts Burned in the Historic 2020 Wildfires
Starting on Monday, September 7, 2020 (Labor Day) Oregon experienced an historic wind event. Several previously-burning wildfires blew up and became enormous. Several new fires started. Millions of acres of forest burned, in addition to many homes and businesses. (Mark…
Olallie Mountain Lookout Has Burned
In June several people alerted me to the fact that the historic 1930s lookout on Olallie Mountain had burned down. I visited the spot in 2014, but haven’t made it back since. The lookout managed to survive a 2017 wildfire,…
Little Grayback
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…
Bolan Mountain
Type: L-4 Ground Cabin Status: Rental Elevation: 6,269 Visited: July 1-5, 2020 September 15, 2020 UPDATE: Sadly, today the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest announced that the Bolan Mountain lookout burned in the Slater Fire. Here is the announcement on Facebook. …
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 we drove up to the Spring Butte Lookout. The gate was open and we were able to drive all the…
Trout Creek Butte
Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,546′ Visited: May 31, 2020 The road up to Trout Creek Butte is in good shape and passable by any vehicle. Much of the summit burned in the 2017 Milli Fire: However,…