Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 889, OR 256 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered	March 26, 2011
Nominated by	Ray Kresek
Location	Southwest Oregon Josephine County, Oregon
Coordinates	N 42° 35.655' W 123° 39.382' (view using Google Maps) N 42° 35' 39" W 123° 39' 23" N 42.594250° W 123.656370°
Elevation	3,870 ft (1,180 m)
Removed	November 20, 2006
National Historic Lookout Register	US 498, OR 91
Administered by	Oregon Dept. of Forestry

Description

The first lookout on this site was a camp and tree platform built in the 1920s. A 40' L-4 tower replaced it in 1933. That tower was replaced in 1961 with a 41' treated timber tower with an ODF live-in cab. Structure inspections revealed dry rot in the tower, resulting in it being burned to the ground November 20, 2006.