Illahee Rock
Type: Cupola and 20′ L-4 tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,392′ Visited: July 15, 2023 The short spur road to the
My quest to visit every standing fire lookout in Oregon
Type: Cupola and 20′ L-4 tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 5,392′ Visited: July 15, 2023 The short spur road to the
Type: 10′ tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 4,881′ Visited: July 15, 2023 There’s a road that goes to Pig Iron Lookout.
Type: 41′ R-6 tower Status: Staffed Elevation: 6,417′ Visited: July 14, 2023 After visiting Garwood Butte I headed over to
Type: L-4 ground cabin Status: Abandoned Elevation: 7,024′ Visited: July 14, 2023 I visited Garwood Butte during my southern Oregon
It’s unclear exactly when this happened, but at some point in the last year the rest of the lookout on
December 2023 update: More than a year after the announcement below I have not seen Fairview Peak be made available
A visitor reported on Facebook that the lookout on Watson Butte in the Umpqua National Forest has collapsed. It was
What a bad summer for fires. Numerous lightning-started fires in southern Oregon have been labeled the High Cascades Complex Fires.
The Forest Service has had to close the Fairview Peak lookout. They discovered “structural deficiencies” during an inspection, so the
Type: D-6 cupola Status: On display Elevation: 1,043 feet Visited: June 28, 2015 The lookout on Red Mountain was built in