{"id":1174,"date":"2022-09-30T18:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2022-10-18T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:55:21","slug":"courtney-butte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/09\/30\/courtney-butte\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Butte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type: Three-story enclosed cab<br \/>\nStatus: Private<br \/>\nElevation: 4,813&#8242;<br \/>\nVisited: September 17, 2022<\/p>\n<p>After visiting the private <a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/09\/22\/tope-creek\/\">Tope Creek Lookout<\/a> the day before, attendees at the FFLA Conference visited another private lookout today, Courtney Butte. This was once an ODF lookout that was then sold. The owners have renovated it and now use it as a guest house for friends and family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371818393_7ea9aa3091_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52372009365_83af497f40_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371877858_ed32ca5761_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52370706497_048510dbf7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52372082870_a5d41c23fa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371959644_4759795a53_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lower level has a kitchen and bathroom:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371892603_9fb1f257ed_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Second floor:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371975054_1002c87248_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Third floor:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371667506_b9111e6259_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371668341_d185d76da6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371892898_ea7e83424c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The firefinder is still here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371668116_becc2036d0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371894308_544c49c77e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice details on the railings:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371900009_668a6a71af_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371876478_1db584157d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the views are obscured by trees now:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371653671_606f9dcf58_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371878578_4b4404296f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371894533_f2d50c01da_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south (Courtney Creek is far below out of sight):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371823083_ff5f56bf5e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371893613_d4d7faa656_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The house that the landowners live in:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52372085090_0827576de3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old outhouse still stands:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52371651446_2367e7ec66_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52370705647_5058b16a61_c.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Butte Lookout\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/courtney-butte.html\">Forest Lookouts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firelookout.com\/or\/courtneybutte.html\">Rex&#8217;s Forest Fire Lookout Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nhlr.org\/lookouts\/us\/or\/courtney-butte-lookout\/\">National Historic Lookout Register<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakbagger.com\/peak.aspx?pid=66289\">Peakbagger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Courtney Creek and Courtney Butte were named for three pioneer stockmen: Lins, Alex, and Bent Courtney.<\/p>\n<p>In 1955 a lookout was built on Courtney Butte by the Oregon Department of Forestry. A quarter mile of road was constructed to facilitate access. At some point ODF auctioned off the tower and land to a private buyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type: Three-story enclosed cab Status: Private Elevation: 4,813&#8242; Visited: September 17, 2022 After visiting the private Tope Creek Lookout the<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/09\/30\/courtney-butte\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Courtney Butte<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-private"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","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=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}