Type: R-6 ground cabin
Status: Staffed
Elevation: 5,006′
Visited: July 12, 2023
After visiting nearby White Point I headed over to Halls Point. I parked near the gate and started walking:
Two people from a wildland fire crew caught up to me during this short little hike. They weren’t fighting any fires today and were out exploring. They were in great shape and totally passed me on the last steep climb up the road to the lookout:
I met the lookout, Dwayne. It was his first season up here. He’s got quite a view to enjoy this summer. Looking east:
Looking northeast at Mt. Thielsen:
Looking north to Whaleback and Abbott Butte:
Looking west with Buckhorn Mountain on the right:
Looking south:
More information
Forest Lookouts
Rex’s Forest Fire Lookout Page
National Historic Lookout Register
Peakbagger
Geocache
Directions
From Highway 62, one mile south of the High Cascades Ranger station, turn west onto Road 64. At 2.8 miles the road forks. Take road 200 up to the left. Drive 5.6 miles to the gate. There is a place to park out of the way on the left. From the gate it is 0.3 mile walk up the road to the lookout.
History
Bald Mountain is a north-south ridge in the Rogue-River Siskiyou National Forest that has three lookout sites on it: White Point on the south end, Whetstone Point in the middle, and Hall’s Point on the north end. The lookout at Whetstone Point was called the Bald Mountain Lookout. It first had a camp and a crow’s nest in 1916, then an elevated D-6 cupola on a 10′ tower that was built in 1920 and removed in 1958. A 40-foot tower was built on White Point in 1951 and replaced in 1974 with a 30-foot tower. It is managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry and still stands, but is not staffed.
A crow’s nest was built on Hall’s Point in 1912. An L-4 cabin built in the 1930s.
The current R-6 ground cabin was built in 1956.
A temporary structure was built and used during the construction of the R-6 cabin:
