East Butte
Type: 20′ L-4 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,400′ Visited: June 11, 2021 During a camping and hiking weekend in central
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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
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Hopkins Demonstration Forest
Type: 60′ steel tower Status: Exhibit Elevation: 720′ Visited: September 19, 2020 The lookout that once sat on Clatskanie Mountain
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.
Little Grayback
Type: 14×14′ Cabin Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 5,149 Visited: July 5, 2020 The Little Grayback Lookout is east of
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
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
Trout Creek Butte
Type: 86′ steel Aermotor tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,546′ Visited: May 31, 2020 The road up to Trout Creek Butte
Fall at Gold Butte
Friday, September 13 – Sunday, September 15, 2019 Note: for tips on staying at Gold Butte see my 2016 post.
Black Butte Cupola Being Restored
Volunteers with Friends of the Metolius have been working with the Forest Service to restore the old 1923 D6 cupola