Type: 100′ tower with 7×7′ cab
Status: No longer staffed
Elevation: 6,290′
Visited: July 1, 2021
While staying at the Fall Mountain Lookout over the 4th of July weekend we visited several lookouts in the area, the first being Frazier Point. We drove 8.6 miles down Road 1630, then turned left. It was shocking to see a sign at the junction considering the lookout is no longer used:
This one is on the National Historic Lookout Register:
However the Malheur National Forest has plans to remove this tower. Here’s the inspection tag:
And the covered-up stairs:
Some of the shutters were down here on the ground:
This was the living quarters:
There was at one time a lookout post on a rock point just south of Frazier Point. There was a geocache there so we made our way over after visiting the tower. We saw zero sign of a road or trail leading up there:
There were some pieces of old lumber and metal scattered around:
Logan Valley visible in the distance:
The lookout sticking up above the trees:
Directions
From Road 1630 turn east onto Road 849 and follow this good gravel road (no gate) for one mile to its end where the tower is located.
More information
Forest Lookouts
Rex’s Forest Fire Lookout Page
National Historic Lookout Register
Peakbagger
Panorama Photos
Geocache
History
In the 1930s a lookout was established on a rocky point south of the present site. In 1936 a 100′ tower was constructed north of there:
USFS
USFS
That tower still stands today although is no longer used and has been condemned by the Forest Service.