On July 1, 2019, I climbed the ladder to the summit of Mount Pilchuck, officially completing a several year journey to visit and photograph all of Washington’s last standing fire lookouts. I’m currently working on adding photos, stories, and history to each lookout page below (orange borders indicate completed ones). I also have both a Google map and Caltopo map with locations of all the standing lookouts. If you have any stories or historical photos of these lookouts you’d like to share, drop me a message. I’d love to include them!
Interested in what lookouts are available for overnight stays? Check this page.
*There is a lot of debate about this list of 93 and what constitutes a fire lookout. This is the generally accepted peakbagger list that contains original fire lookouts still standing at their original locations. If you spend any time with members of the fire lookout community you’ll learn quickly how hotly contested this “list” is. Some think Kitsap and Lynx have no part being on it, others think Hamma Hamma and Skyline at Stevens deserve to be added. I’m a peakbagger at heart, so I simply enjoyed visiting these structures, learning their history and marveling in their views. I continue to visit former fire lookout sites and relocated sites and would encourage anyone with a love for lookouts to visit as many as you can, whether they’re “officially” on the list or not! Have fun!
Trail Miles 596.3 Road Miles 18,581 Paddling Miles 34 Elevation Climbed 137,687′
And Jake dog (RIP) visited 51! 🐾
Olympic and Kitsap Peninsula
Dodger Point — 5,760′
Olympic National Park
Kitsap Lookout — 1,360′
Kitsap Peninsula
Ned Hill — 3,464′
Olympic National Forest
North Point — 3,320′
Olympic National Forest
Pyramid Mountain — 3,100′
Olympic National Forest
San Juan Islands
Mount Constitution — 2,407′
Moran State Park
Mount Rainier National Park and Area
Fremont — 7,181′
Mount Rainier National Park
Gobbler’s Knob — 5,485′
Mount Rainier National Park
Goodman Hill — 480′
Mount Rainier Area
Puyallup Ridge — 4,877′
Mount Rainier Area
Shriner Peak — 5,834′
Mount Rainier National Park
Tolmie Peak — 5,920′
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Darrington Ranger Station — 540′
Mountain Loop Area
Evergreen Mountain — 5,587′
Glacier Peak/North Stevens Pass
Granite Mountain — 5,629′
Alpine Lakes
Green Mountain — 6,500′
Central North Cascades
Heybrook — 1,824′
Glacier Peak/North Stevens Pass
Hidden Lake — 6,890′
Central North Cascades
Kelly Butte — 5,400′
South Cascade Crest
Lookout Mountain — 5,699′
Central North Cascades
Miner’s Ridge — 6,208′
Central North Cascades
Mount Pilchuck — 5,340′
Mount Pilchuck State Park
North Mountain — 3,824′
Mountain Loop Area
Park Butte — 5,440′
Skagit Range
Suntop — 5,271′
Mount Rainier Area
Three Fingers — 6,850′
Mountain Loop Area
Winchester — 6,510′
Skagit Range
North Cascades National Park
Copper Mountain — 6,280′
Skagit Range
Desolation Peak — 6,102′
Hozameen Range
Sourdough — 5,985′
Skagit Range
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Adams — 12,276′
Mount Adams Area
Burley Mountain — 5,304′
Mount Adams Area
High Rock — 5,685′
Mount Rainier Area
Red Mountain — 4,965′
Columbia Gorge North
Watch Mountain — 4,800′
Mount Rainier Area
Mount Adams/Yakama Indian Reservation Area
Lorena Butte — 2,160′
Columbia-Yakima Hills
Meadow Butte — 3,621′
Mount Adams Area
Satus Peak — 4,182′
Yakama Indian Reservation
Signal Peak — 5,100′
Yakama Indian Reservation
Wenatchee National Forest
Alpine — 6,235′
Glacier Peak/North Stevens Pass
Jumpoff — 5,670′
Goat Rocks
Red Top — 5,361′
Wenatchee Mountains
Steliko Point — 2,586′
Chelan Mountains
Sugarloaf Peak — 5,814′
Entiat Mountains
Thorp Mountain — 5,854′
Alpine Lakes
Tyee Mountain — 6,654′
Entiat Mountains
Okanogan National Forest Area
Aeneas Mountain — 5,167′
Okanogan Range
Bonaparte — 7,258′
South Okanogan Highlands
Buck Mountain — 6,135′
Okanogan Range
Cornell Butte — 5,096′
South Okanogan Highlands
First Butte — 5,491′
Okanogan Range
Funk Mountain — 5,121′
Okanogan Range
Goat Peak — 7,001′
Okanogan Range
Knowlton Knob — 3,852′
Okanogan Range
Leecher Mountain — 5,020′
Okanogan Range
Leecher Crow’s Nest — 5,000′
Okanogan Range
Lookout Mountain — 5,515′
Methow Mountains
Mebee Pass — 6,960′
Okanogan Range
Monument 83 — 6,520′
Hozomeen Range
North Twentymile — 7,437′
Okanogan Range
Okanogan Post Office — 800′
Okanogan Range
Slate Peak — 7,440′
Okanogan Range
Tunk Mountain — 6,053′
South Okanogan Highlands
Colville Indian Reservation
Armstrong Mountain — 4,600′
South Okanogan Highlands
Cody Butte — 4,764′
Kettle River Range
Gold Mountain — 4,686′
Kettle River Range
Grizzly Mountain — 6,381′
Kettle River Range
Johnny George — 4,090′
Kettle River Range
Keller Butte — 4,811′
South Okanogan Highlands
Lynx Mountain — 5,520′
Kettle River Range
Moses Mountain — 6,774′
South Okanogan Highlands
Omak Mountain — 5,747′
South Okanogan Highlands
Strawberry Mountain — 5,863′
South Okanogan Highlands
Whitestone Ridge — 4,760′
Kettle River Range
Whitmore Mountain — 3,920′
South Okanogan Highlands
Whitmore L-4 Cab — 3,880′
South Okanogan Highlands
Colville-Kaniksu National Forest Area
Columbia Mountain — 6,782′
Kettle River Range
Diamond Peak Patrol — 4,320′
Priest Lake Selkirks
Franson Peak — 3,780′
South Okanogan Highlands
Indian Mountain — 5,014′
Priest Lake Selkirks
Salmo Mountain — 6,828′
Priest Lake Selkirks
South Baldy — 5,961′
Priest Lake Selkirks
Sullivan Mountain — 6,483′
Priest Lake Selkirks
Timber Mountain — 5,474′
Southwest Selkirks
Spokane Area
Lookout Point — 3,114′
Southwest Selkirks
Quartz Mountain — 5,160′
Southwest Selkirks
Spokane Vista House — 5,883′
Southwest Selkirks
Tower Mountain — 4,000′
Southwest Selkirks
Wellpinit Mountain — 3,464′
Southwest Selkirks
Umatilla National Forest
Big Butte — 5,010′
Northern Blue Mountains
Clearwater — 5,658′
Northern Blue Mountains
Oregon Butte — 6,387′
Northern Blue Mountains
Table Rock — 6,250′
Northern Blue Mountains
