{"id":1079,"date":"2022-07-06T08:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T08:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2022-07-06T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:33:08","slug":"table-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/07\/06\/table-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 30&#8242; tower<br \/>\nStatus: Abandoned<br \/>\nElevation: 6,113&#8242;<br \/>\nVisited: June 11, 2022<\/p>\n<p>The third lookout I visited today was Table Mountain. I parked at the gate and started walking:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165591070_06eb9435f0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very soon the numerous communications towers started coming into view:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165340584_ebc7005f08_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165607810_49de46fd42_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old lookout tower still stands, surrounded by a fence at the base and serving as a platform for several pieces of equipment:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52164077367_366f13a981_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165350394_c5368efe43_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165352564_8629ff0fc7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clouds prevented far-reaching views but I wasn&#8217;t socked-in either:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165350029_687fb28392_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165600120_3b7bc78f8d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The base of Mt. Shasta:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165112951_f51fe571fb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Distinctive Pilot Rock:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52165112851_eac3c6bea4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Table Mountain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Table Mountain Road turn onto an unmarked spur, drive 0.2 miles, and park in the turnout before the gate. From there it&#8217;s 0.2 miles up to lookout<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/table-mountain2.html\">Forest Lookouts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firelookout.com\/or\/tablemtn65b.html\">Rex&#8217;s Forest Fire Lookout Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakbagger.com\/peak.aspx?pid=33209\">Peakbagger<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/iamwho.com\/cdv2\/westOr\/rogueriv\/rogu370\/site.htm\">Panorama Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 30&#8242; lookout tower was built on Table Mountain in 1931. In 1958 it was replaced by a different 30&#8242; tower.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/4923710_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>ODF<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when it stopped being staffed, but the lookout has been abandoned for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: 30&#8242; tower Status: Abandoned Elevation: 6,113&#8242; Visited: June 11, 2022 The third lookout I visited today was Table Mountain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/07\/06\/table-mountain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Table Mountain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oregon-department-of-forestry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}