DIXIE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Preceded by a cabin with rooftop alidade platform, a cupola cabin was built here in the 1920's. This was followed by an L-4 cab by 1935. The present R-6 flat cab, built in 1968, is staffed every summer.
Malheur National Forest
20 miles northeast of John Day
Grant County, Oregon
Elevation 7592'

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Dixie Butte 1st cabin Dixie Butte in 1930 Dixie Butte in 1937 Dixie Butte in 1953 Dixie Butte L.O. Dixie Butte L.O. Dixie Butte L.O. Dixie Butte L.O. Dixie Butte in 2010
Photos courtesy the Fire Lookout Museum, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Forest Service, and Rex Kamstra