Sweetgrass Butte Lookout Site
US 1471, WA 371

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1471, WA 371 (view other lookout sites in United States, Washington)
Date Registered November 23, 2012
Nominated by Ray Kresek
Location Okanogan National Forest
Okanogan County, Washington
Coordinates N 48° 40.138' W 120° 18.268' (view using Google Maps)
N 48° 40' 08" W 120° 18' 16"
N 48.668960° W 120.304460°
Elevation 6,104 ft (1,860 m)
Administered by U.S. Forest Service

Description

Built in 1933, this 30' pole L-4 tower was sold to a local resident for removal in 1967. When the cab was being removed by crane, the cable broke and the cab smashed to the ground.

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