Mount Hood Lookout Site
US 605, OR 46

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 605, OR 46 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered August 26, 2010
Nominated by Ray Kresek
Location Mount Hood Region
Hood River County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 22.405' W 121° 41.754' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 22' 24" W 121° 41' 45"
N 45.373410° W 121.695900°
Elevation 11,245 ft (3,427 m)
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

The USFS constructed a firefinder on top of the summit cairn and a tent with a wooden floor in 1915. This was replaced later the same year by a Lige Coleman prototype for the D-6 cupola cabin. Abandoned in 1935, the cabin slipped off the summit in 1941.