Pogue Point Lookout Site
US 1078, OR 436
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 1078, OR 436 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon) |
| Date Registered | June 25, 2011 |
| Nominated by | Ray Kresek |
| Location |
Malheur/Wallowa-Whitman National Forests Grant/Baker County, Oregon |
| Coordinates |
N 44° 35.456' W 118° 18.696' (view using Google Maps) N 44° 35' 27" W 118° 18' 42" N 44.590930° W 118.311600° |
| Elevation | 5,697 ft (1,736 m) |
| Administered by | U.S.Forest Service |
Description
The first lookout here was a 43' pole platform set up in the 1920s. This was replaced in 1934 with a 22' wooden L-4 tower, which in turn was replaced in 1949 with a 41' treated timber L-4 tower, used for emergency in the 1960s and is now gone.
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