Fire lookout aesthetic

Few places garner the type of awe and admiration for the abundance of nature like the great Northwest. While its cities continue to produce an impressive crop of creativity, its wilderness remains …

The first lookout constructed here was a gable-roofed cupola cabin in the 1920's. In 1935, a 20' pole tower with L-4 cab replaced it. This in turn was replaced by a 40' pole tower with L-4 cab in 1949. The present 41' treated timber tower with R-6 flat cab, built in 1965, was last used for fire detection in 1982. www.firelookout.com/id/deerridge.html For more lookout info, hot spring info, trip reports, maps, videos etc, check out my site: greenecasey.blogspot.com/

Gobblers Knob Fire Lookout, built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and now an historic building in the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA.

Fire Lookouts Extravaganza | Tuesday – Thursday, August 30 – September 1, 2022 After hiking to the Shadow Mountain Fire Lookout in the morning, it was time for me to head further north …

Chewelah Peak Fire Lookout Tower, 1938

Spotting smoke from towers on high peaks could have been deemed 'man's work,' but a few pioneers paved the way for generations of women to do the job

mt. fremont fire lookout

Poised high in the sky looking for fires on the horizon, fire lookouts live a unique life

High above the forests across America there are special lookout towers that were constructed by the Civil Conservation Corps after the Great Fire of 1910 as an early warning system in an age before radios, aircraft and GPS. The lookouts are no longer used for their original purposes, but a few have been restored and