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Coyote Point Lookout Site (Douglas County)

Also known as Coyote Point

Umpqua NF lookout site in Douglas County, OR: 30-foot L-4 tower dated 1935, removed or destroyed 1960; sources differ on timing; none describes the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Register says removed and destroyed in 1960; firelookout.com says abandoned in the 1950s; firelookout.com and the FFLOS Oregon list say the tower is gone

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerL-4 cab, 14-by-14, on a 30-foot round timber towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1935
Height
30 ft (9.1 m)
Elevation
3,093 ft (943 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Douglas County, Oregon
Coordinates
43.00490, −122.70965
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-coyote-point-douglas-county

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History

Then and now

  1. 1935 BuiltRegister and firelookout.com date the 30-foot L-4 tower to 1935Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. 1936 EventA News-Review item dated April 17, 1936 reports one new lookout house on Coyote point had been built; it gives no construction yearSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1937 StaffedA News-Review item dated September 10, 1937 says Joe Chamberlain was then responsible for the lookout station at Point CoyoteSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  4. No record between 1937 and 1960
  5. 1960 RemovedRegister gives Removed 1960; its description says the lookout was destroyed that yearSource: firetower.org
  6. No record between 1960 and 2019
  7. 2019 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered November 13, 2019 as US 1814, OR 537; nominated by Tammy McLeodSource: firetower.org
  8. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Coyote Point is a former lookout site in the Umpqua National Forest, in Douglas County, Oregon, at about 3,093 feet (943 meters).1 The register and firelookout.com both date the tower to 1935.1,2 Rex's Fire Lookout Page describes it as a 14-by-14 L-4 lookout house on a 30-foot round timber tower.3

A Roseburg News-Review item dated April 17, 1936, quoted on Rex's page, says a new lookout house went up on Coyote point, in the southeastern part of the district.3 That item gives no construction year, so it does not settle the 1935 date.3

A second News-Review item, dated September 10, 1937, says Joe Chamberlain was then responsible for the lookout station at Point Coyote.3

The register says the tower was removed in 1960 and destroyed that year.1 Firelookout.com says it was abandoned in the 1950s, so the two sources give different dates for the end of its use.2 Firelookout.com and the Forest Fire Lookout Association's Oregon list both mark the tower as gone.2,4

The register lists the U.S. Forest Service as the administrator of the site.1 None of the four sources describes what, if anything, is left at the site now.1,3,2,4 We do not know whether any part of the lookout is still on the ground, and we found nothing on whether the public can reach the spot.1,3,2,4 Anyone planning a visit should check with the Umpqua National Forest before setting out.

  1. Coyote Point Lookout Site (Douglas County), Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/coyote-point-lookout-site-douglas-county/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Coyote Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/coyotepoint.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Coyote Point - Forest Lookouts, Rex's Fire Lookout Page, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/coyote-point.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Oregon Lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/or/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Coyote Point Lookout 1942
Coyote Point Lookout 1942 (1942)Photo: Ron Kemnow collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: type, status, register numbers, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page Gave us: links firelookout.com · No licence stated on the site; facts only (coordinates, elevation, built/destroyed years, design, agency). Photos mirrored with the site's stated credit. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  4. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) Gave us: design, height, links Ron Kemnow's Forest Lookouts sites (westlookouts, californialookouts, idaholookouts, montanalookouts, oregonlookouts and washingtonlookouts .weebly.com) · No licence stated; facts only (county, land manager, status word, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, township-range-section, height and design hints, links). The site's own newspaper quotes, citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  5. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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