Red Hill Lookout
US 1679, OR 166
Red Hill Lookout - 2008

Red Hill Lookout - 2008 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1679, OR 166 (view other lookouts in United States, Oregon)
Date Registered July 18, 2022
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Wallowa County, Oregon
Coordinates N 45° 47.308' W 117° 06.158' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 47' 18" W 117° 06' 09"
N 45.788471° W 117.102634°
Elevation 5,020 ft (1,530 m)
Built 1949
Administered by US Forest Service - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Description

The current Red Hill Lookout was completed in 1949, a 40 foot open timber tower with an L-4 cab on top.

Red Hill has been a fire detection site since 1917, first with a pole platform then a 10x10 cab on an open timber tower.