Fire Lookouts were once the best way to detect fires from remote distances. Changes in technology have rendered most of them obsolete. Today, only 106 structures still stand. Below is a list of Fire Lookouts (and corresponding locations) available for rental via recreation.gov (or otherwise specified). This information comes from the Fall 22 edition of Washington Trails Magazine:

Fire Lookouts in Washington:

  • Heybrook Lookout (east of Index)
  • Evergreen Mountain Lookout (NE of Skykomish on HWY 2)
  • Steliko Lookout (W of Entiat on HWY 97)
  • Clearwater Lookout (S of Pomery on HWY 12)

Additional Lookouts in Washington available via alternate agencies:

  • North Mountain Lookout
    • airbnb.com
  • Quartz Mountain Fire Lookout (Mt Spokane State Park)
    • parks.wa.gov
  • Lorna Butte Lookout (Goldendale, off HWY 97).
    • Privately owned, contact Lefever Holbrook Ranch via Facebook

Fire Lookouts in Oregon:

  • Acker Rock Lookout (E of Tiller)
  • Bald Knob Lookout (S of Powers on HWY 542)
  • Clear Lake Cabin Lookout (S of Mt Hood, HWY 395)
  • Drake Peak Lookout (W of Plus, OR-140 W)
  • Fall Mountain Lookout (S of John Day, HWY 395)
  • Fivemile Butte Lookout (W of Dufur, HWY 197)
  • Green Ridge (W of Sisters, HWY 20)
  • Hager Mountain Lookout (S of Silver Lake, HWY 31)
  • Indian Ridge Lookout (E of Eugene, I-105 E)
  • Lake of the Woods Lookout (E of Gold Beach, HWY 101)
  • Pickett Butte Lookout (E of Tiller)
  • Warner Mountain Lookout (E of Oakridge, HWY 58)

Fire Lookouts in Idaho:

  • Arid Peak Lookout (N of Avery, St Joe River Road)
  • Bald Mountain Lookout (W of Harvard, HWY 6)
  • Deadwood Lookout (E of Garden Valley, HWY 55)
  • Deer Ridge Lookout (N of Moyle Springs, HWY 2)
  • Little Guard Lookout (N of Kingston, I-90)
  • Lunch Peak Lookout (E of Sandpoint, HWY 200)
  • Shorty Peak Lookout (W of Porthill, HWY 1)
  • Surveyors Lookout (E of Avery, St Joe River Road)