Peavine Mountain Lookout Site (Clackamas County)
US 638, OR 70
Peavine Mountain Lookout panoramic 10-10-1933

Peavine Mountain Lookout panoramic 10-10-1933 - courtesy of National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 638, OR 70 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered September 20, 2010
Nominated by Ray Kresek
Location Mount Hood National Forest
Clackamas County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 00.804' W 121° 50.125' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 00' 48" W 121° 50' 08"
N 45.013400° W 121.835420°
Elevation 4,732 ft (1,442 m)
Removed by 1957
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

In 1927, a camp was set up a half mile north of the summit of Peavine Mountain. This was replaced by a 26' pole L-4 tower in 1933. In 1935, a tent cabin was erected on the summit. The lookout was gone by 1957.

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Photos

Peavine Mountain Lookout site 2011

Peavine Mountain Lookout site 2011 - courtesy of Howard Verschoor