Mount Octopus Lookout Site
US 1917, WA 448
Mount Octopus Lookout

Mount Octopus Lookout - courtesy of Eric Willhite collection

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1917, WA 448 (view other lookout sites in United States, Washington)
Date Registered February 11, 2020
Nominated by Tammy McLeod
Location Washington Division of Forestry
King County, Washington
Coordinates N 47° 44.956' W 121° 10.699' (view using Google Maps)
N 47° 44' 57" W 121° 10' 42"
N 47.749261° W 121.178316°
Elevation 2,487 ft (758 m)
Built 1957
Removed 1980s
Administered by DNR

Description

There are reports of a lookout on Mount Octopus as early as 1923. In 1957 a 40' wooden DNR live-in tower was built. The lookout was abandoned in 1974. It was destroyed sometime in the 1980s.

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Mount Octopus Lookout

Mount Octopus Lookout - courtesy of Eric Willhite collection

Mount Octopus Lookout

Mount Octopus Lookout - courtesy of Eric Willhite collection

Mount Octopus Lookout site

Mount Octopus Lookout site - courtesy of Eric Willhite