West Zigzag Lookout Site
US 660, OR 92
West Zigzag Lookout circa 1957 (Pat Lynch photo, courtesy of Dennis Lynch)

West Zigzag Lookout circa 1957 (Pat Lynch photo, courtesy of Dennis Lynch)

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 660, OR 92 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered September 21, 2010
Nominated by Ray Kresek
Location Mount Hood National Forest
Clackamas County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 20.538' W 121° 53.091' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 20' 32" W 121° 53' 05"
N 45.342300° W 121.884850°
Elevation 4,468 ft (1,362 m)
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

In 1929, a firefinder and camp were set up, which were replaced in the 1930s with an L-4 cab. The lookout was removed 1966.

Brothers Pat Lynch and Dennis Lynch served as lookouts at this tower.