Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 657, OR 108 (view other lookouts in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered	March 15, 2006
Nominated by	Howard Verschoor
Location	Malheur National Forest Grant County, Oregon
Coordinates	N 44° 34.977' W 118° 37.549' (view using Google Maps) N 44° 34' 59" W 118° 37' 33" N 44.582950° W 118.625820°
Elevation	7,511 ft (2,289 m)
Built	1968
Administered by	U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators	Prairie City Ranger District

Description

The first lookout on Dixie Butte on the Malheur National Forest was a cupola cabin in the early 1920s which was replaced with an L-4 ground house in 1935. The present 15’x15’ R-6 flattop ground house was built in 1968 and remains in active service.