PICKETT BUTTE LOOKOUT
Developed with a 25' pole L-5 tower in 1934, the present 41' treated timber L-4 tower, built in 1948, was staffed up to the 1998 fire season. It was then placed on the Recreation Rental program, but was staffed again starting in 2001. It is still available as an off-season Recreation Rental. It is listed on the National Historic Lookout Register.
Umpqua National Forest
35 miles west of Crater Lake
Douglas County, Oregon
Elevation 3292'

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Pickett Butte in 1943 Pickett Butte L.O. Pickett Butte in 2008
Photos courtesy the U.S. Forest Service, Howard Verschoor, and Rex Kamstra