North Powder Lookout Site
US 1841, OR 564
North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936

North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936 - courtesy of National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1841, OR 564 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered November 20, 2019
Nominated by Tammy McLeod
Location Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Baker County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 01.716' W 117° 55.134' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 01' 43" W 117° 55' 08"
N 45.028600° W 117.918900°
Elevation 8,897 ft (2,712 m)
Built 1939
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

A cupola was built on a roof warehouse on the site in 1939. In 1942 a 19 foot pole platform was added to the site. The lookout was abandoned in 1963 and is gone.

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North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936

North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936 - courtesy of National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region

North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936

North Powder Lookout panoramic 9-9-1936 - courtesy of National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region