Red Top Lookout Cabin, Teanaway Mountains, WA, 2009

Fire Lookout Cabins & Towers

Originally Posted: March 2021
Updated: September 2026

A photographic collection of various fire lookout cabins and towers that I’ve encountered in my mountain travels.

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Copper Ridge Lookout Cabin, Nooksack Mountains, WA, 1997

Copper Ridge Lookout Cabin, Nooksack Mountains, WA, 1997

Desolation Peak Lookout Cabin, Upper Skagit Mountains, WA, 2012

Desolation Peak Lookout Cabin, Upper Skagit Mountains, WA, 2012

Desolation Peak Lookout Plaque, Upper Skagit Mountains, WA, 2012

Alpine Lookout Cabin, Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA, 1977

Alpine Lookout Cabin, Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA, 2020

Alpine Lookout Cabin From West

Alpine Lookout Cabin, Upper Wenatchee Mountains, WA, 2020

Alpine Lookout Cabin From East

Windy Joe Lookout Cabin, Upper Skagit Mountains, BC, 2012

Windy Joe Lookout Cabin, Upper Skagit Mountains, BC, 2023

Windy Joe Lookout Fire Finder, Upper Skagit Mountains, BC, 2023

Approaching Sun Top Lookout Cabin on skis, Clearwater Mountains, WA, 2006

Rebecca Relaxing At Sun Top Lookout Cabin, Clearwater Mountains, 2013

Sun Top Lookout Cabin. Clearwater Mountains, WA, 2021

Sun Top Lookout Cabin, Clearwater Mountains, WA, 2022

Mt Fremont Lookout Under Renovation, Mt Rainier Massif, WA, 2007

Mt Fremont Lookout Cabin, Mt Rainier Massif, WA, 2011

Green Mountain Lookout Cabin, Suiattle Mountains, WA, 2001

Three Brothers Lookout Cabin Stove, Teanaway Mountains, WA, 2009

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin & Peaks, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 2000

Three Fingers Lookout Access Ladders, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 1994

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 1994

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin Interior, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 1994

Eileen & Yoko Climbing Ladder To Three Fingers Lookout, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 2026

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin – NE Corner, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 2026

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin – SE Corner, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 2026

Three Fingers Lookout Cabin – Interior, West Sauk Mountains, WA, 2026

North Twentymile Peak Lookout Cabin, Chewack Mountains, WA, 1995

North Twentymile Peak Lookout Cabin, Chewack Mountains, WA, 1995

North Twentymile Peak Lookout Tower, Chewack Mountains, WA, 1995

Granite Mountain Lookout Cabin, Lower Snoqualmie Mountains, WA, 2005

Granite Mountain Lookout Cabin, Lower Snoqualmie Mountains, WA, 2025

Red Top Lookout Cabin, Teanaway Mountains, WA, 2009

Red Top Lookout Cabin, Teanaway Mountains, WA, 2015

Monument 83 Lookout Cabin & Tower, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2012

Monument 83 Lookout Cabin & Tower, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2018

Monument 83 Lookout Cabin, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2018

Monument 83 Lookout Tower, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2012

Monument 83 Lookout Tower, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2018

Monument 83 Lookout Cabin Plaque, Chuchuwanteen Mountains, BC/WA, 2018

Tolmie Peak Lookout Cabin, Mt Rainier Massif, WA, 2001

High Rock Lookout Cabin, Nisqually Mountains, WA, 2020

High Rock Lookout Cabin, Nisqually Mountains, WA, 2020

Mt Pugh Lookout Supply Winch, East Sauk Mountains, WA, 1991

Thorp Mtn Lookout Cabin, Kachess Mountains, WA, 1997

Thorp Mtn Lookout Cabin, Kachess Mountains, WA, 2021

Thorp Mtn Lookout Cabin, Kachess Mountains, WA, 2021

Sourdough Mtn Lookout Cabin, Stetattle Mountains, WA, 2007

Lookout Mtn Lookout Tower, Teebone Mountains, WA, 2005

Lookout Mtn Lookout Cabin Interior, Teebone Mountains, WA, 2005

Shriner Peak Lookout Tower, Naches Mountains, WA, 2007

Miners Ridge Lookout Tower, Ptarmigan Mountains, WA, 2023

Miners Ridge Lookout Cabin Interior, Ptarmigan Mountains, WA, 2023

Miners Ridge Lookout Sign, Ptarmigan Mountains, WA, 2023

Old Phone In Miners Ridge Lookout Cabin

Slate Peak Lookout Tower, Pasayten Mountains, WA, 2024

Clouds swirl around Hidden Lake Peak Lookout in the North Cascades — Hidden Lake Lookout cabin viewed from Hidden Lake Peak summit, Thunder Mountains, WA, 1993

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