North Twentymile Peak Lookout
US 161, WA 21
North Twentymile Peak Lookout - 2005
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 161, WA 21 (view other lookouts in United States, Washington) |
| Date Registered | February 5, 1996 |
| Nominated by | Ray Kresek, Washington Registrar |
| Location |
Okanogan National Forest Okanogan County, Washington |
| Coordinates |
N 48° 45.059' W 120° 04.100' (view using Google Maps) N 48° 45' 04" W 120° 04' 06" N 48.750980° W 120.068338° |
| Elevation | 7,340 ft (2,237 m) |
| Built | 1947 |
| Administered by | U.S. Forest Service |
| Cooperators | Winthrop Ranger District |
Description
The first lookout, a log cabin, was established on North Twentymile Peak on the Okanogan National Forest in 1920. A D-6 cupola lookout was constructed in 1923. Now used for storage, it is one of only nine remaining of more than 200 that were built in the Northwest.
In 1947 a 30' timber tower with a 14' x 14' hip roof L-4 cab with catwalk was erected. Last staffed in 1988, it is now maintained as an emergency lookout.
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Both lookouts visible on the peak - 2018