Barlow Butte Lookout Site
US 568, OR 9
Barlow Butte Lookout panoramic

Barlow Butte Lookout panoramic - courtesy of National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 568, OR 9 (view other lookout sites in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered August 16, 2010
Nominated by Ray Kresek
Location Mount Hood Region
Hood River County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 16.540' W 121° 40.138' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 16' 32" W 121° 40' 08"
N 45.275674° W 121.668965°
Elevation 5,069 ft (1,545 m)
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

This 20' pole L-5 tower built by the USFS in 1933 was never manned. It was gone by 1949.

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Barlow Butte Lookout site 2012

Barlow Butte Lookout site 2012 - courtesy of Howard Verschoor