{"id":431,"date":"2015-07-11T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:57:18","slug":"indian-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2015\/07\/11\/indian-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Type:\u00a020&#8242; R-6 tower<br \/>\nStatus: Rental<br \/>\nElevation: 5,405 feet<br \/>\nVisited: July\u00a03, 2015<\/p>\n<p>I have thus far been unsuccessful in snagging a reservation at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/willamette\/null\/recarea\/?recid=4409&amp;actid=101\">Indian Ridge lookout<\/a>, but since I was in the area last weekend I decided to drive up and have a look at it. I&#8217;m going to have to try harder to get a reservation here because the views are pretty amazing! The Three Sisters are front and center:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1692\/26189655931_c51ddcf3b1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Three Sisters\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1630\/26229986996_4e562d8cb0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Jefferson\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diamond Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1631\/25983060750_8e7496ec88_c.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Peak\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a panorama looking east along the Cascades. Spectacular!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1663\/25653345383_cb527b015d_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1663\/25653345383_9548825c71_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge panorama\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lookout was occupied, of course. A car was there, but it was very quiet and I think the renters were taking a nap. Wise choice on this hot afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1606\/25653239343_027cfd7fbf_c.jpg\" alt=\"Lookout\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1442\/25653235023_036484a586_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like there was a good beargrass bloom up here a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1570\/25653232863_ae4bf6b4fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Beargrass\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A parting view of the lookout on the way back down:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1691\/26255897625_7be2c94b10_c.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ridge Lookout\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: I rented this tower in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2019\/09\/10\/return-to-indian-ridge\/\">Read about that experience here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/indian-ridge1.html\">Forest Lookouts<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelookout.com\/or\/indianridge78.html\">Rex&#8217;s Forest Fire Lookout Page<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/nhlr.org\/lookouts\/us\/or\/indian-ridge-lookout\/lookout\/\">National Historic Lookout Register<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/peakbagger.com\/peak.aspx?pid=59651\">Peakbagger<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamwho.com\/osbornes\/\">Panorama Photos<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/coord.info\/GC8WK90\">Geocache<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 1918 an open-sided cupola was constructed on Indian Ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image431_c6a129-58 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image431_c6a129-58 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/214245_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A frame cabin with 29&#8242; observatory was built in 1928. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image431_3a396d-35 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image431_3a396d-35 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/21851039750-9f6703de14-o_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image431_9df93f-48 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image431_9df93f-48 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/21851058670-2be06fe9e4-o_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1958 a 20&#8242; tower with an R-6 cab was built.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image431_5b91be-ee .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image431_5b91be-ee size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/21851038700-99ef2d4c78-o_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image431_5ab2bf-d8 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image431_5ab2bf-d8 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/1881415_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type:\u00a020&#8242; R-6 tower Status: Rental Elevation: 5,405 feet Visited: July\u00a03, 2015 I have thus far been unsuccessful in snagging a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2015\/07\/11\/indian-ridge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Ridge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-willamette-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","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=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/2181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}