{"id":1018,"date":"2022-05-31T13:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2022-12-17T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T20:11:30","slug":"wagontire-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/05\/31\/wagontire-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagontire Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Type: Two-story lookout
\nStatus: No longer staffed
\nElevation: 6,510′
\nVisited: May 27, 2022<\/p>\n

During a stormy, wet, windy Memorial Day Weekend in Harney County I visited two lookouts and Wagontire was up first. I drove Highway 395 south from Highway 20, and just past the community of Wagontire turned right onto an unsigned gravel road, which I followed due north. (If you’re going and want to follow a GPS track you’ll find one here on Peakbagger<\/a>.) After 5.5 miles I reached a fork and turned right. As expected I reached a gate 0.1 mi later. The gate was open but the road beyond was rough and I needed the exercise so I parked here and started walking:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

I passed a downed tree on the road:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

I saw\u00a0some nice wildflowers. Yellow desert daisies:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

Phlox:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

Puccoon:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

Prairie violet (Viola praemorsa<\/em>):<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

It was pretty country to walk through, especially right now when everything is still green. It was a pleasant 2.9 mile road hike to the top:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

My first glimpse of the lookout:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

As I approached, the wind grew stronger:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

Looking through the window into the downstairs living quarters:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

The toilet:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

You can see what the place looked like in better day’s on Ron’s website:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although I hadn’t gotten rained on during the hike up, rain started passing over the summit while I was up there. I sheltered behind the lookout:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

I didn’t see cameras installed on this lookout, but I believe they were installed sometime in the summer after my visit. You can see the feed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The geocache<\/a> up here was archived back in 2016. Before heading back down I went over to check out the survey marker and there I found a summit register, which I signed after discovering someone had signed it the day before!<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

Heading back down things were looking ominous and indeed I did get rained on about a mile before reaching the car and had to take shelter under a juniper tree:<\/p>\n

\"Wagontire<\/p>\n

More information<\/strong>
\nForest Lookouts<\/a>
\nRex’s Forest Fire Lookout Page<\/a>
\nNational Historic Lookout Register<\/a>
\nPeakbagger<\/a><\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wagontire Mountain was named for a discarded wagon tire that lay beside the road on its northern slope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Type: Two-story lookout Status: No longer staffed Elevation: 6,510′ Visited: May 27, 2022 During a stormy, wet, windy Memorial Day<\/p>\n

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