Red Top Lookout - 2017
Lookout Details
| Registry Numbers | US 225, WA 28 (view other lookouts in United States, Washington) |
| Date Registered | August 6, 1997 |
| Nominated by | Ray Kresek, Washington Registrar |
| Location |
Wenatchee National Forest Kittitas County, Washington |
| Coordinates |
N 47° 18.092' W 120° 45.638' (view using Google Maps) N 47° 18' 06" W 120° 45' 38" N 47.301540° W 120.760629° |
| Elevation | 5,168 ft (1,575 m) |
| Built | 1952 |
| Administered by | U.S. Forest Service |
| Cooperators | Cle Elum Ranger District & Friends of Red Top Lookout |
Description
On August 26,1997, a group of lookout enthusiasts gathered at Red Top Lookout on the Wentachee National Forest in Washington to dedicate the lookout on the National Historic Lookout Register. The event capped a two-year restoration effort by the Friends of Red Top Mountain and the Cle Elum Ranger District.
The L-4 wooden cab with catwalk on a 10’ timber tower had been battered by 45 years of weather and was beginning to show it. It replaced a D-6 cupola ground house built in 1928. The lookout is now back in active service both for fire detection and a public information site for the 350 million year-old jasper geodes which are found nearby.
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2021
1939 - D6 Cupola
