Mule Peak Lookout
US 1636, OR 154
Mule Peak Lookout - 2013

Mule Peak Lookout - 2013 - courtesy of Caleb Morris

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1636, OR 154 (view other lookouts in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered July 5, 2022
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Union County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 07.826' W 117° 30.174' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 07' 50" W 117° 30' 10"
N 45.130440° W 117.502898°
Elevation 8,395 ft (2,559 m)
Built As early as 1924
Administered by US Forest Service - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Description

Mule Peak was selected as a fire detection site in 1916. The site was staffed and communication was by heliograph.

The current D-5 cab may have been constructed as early as 1924. 

The lookout received a new cedar shake roof and paint in 2021.