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Crockett Knob Lookout Site

Grant County, OR lookout site in Malheur NF: 1934 L-4 cab, a 1937 garage plan, a 1953 staffing mention, cab removed or destroyed in 1971; no source found describing the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Cab removed (FFLOS) or destroyed (firelookout.com) in 1971; no source describes what remains today

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
Ground-level cabL-4 cab (1934)The design: L-4
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1934
Height
Unknown
Elevation
4,190 ft (1,277 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service, Malheur National Forest
Land
Federal land
Location
Grant County, Oregon
Coordinates
44.69876, −118.75051
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-crockett-knob

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History

Then and now

  1. 1934 BuiltL-4 cabSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. 1937 EventWhitman Forest asked on August 2, 1937 for approval of standard one-car garage and storeroom plan 4-0-9; approved for this site August 6, 1937Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. No record between 1937 and 1953
  4. 1953 StaffedRoger Stephen on lookout duty, per July 1953 Nyssa Gate City Journal itemSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. No record between 1953 and 1971
  6. 1971 RemovedFFLOS says removed; firelookout.com says destroyedSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  7. No record between 1971 and 2011
  8. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered June 13, 2011 as US 1058, OR 416; nominated by Ray KresekSource: firetower.org
  9. 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.

Crockett Knob is in the Malheur National Forest in Grant County, Oregon, about 24 miles north-northeast of John Day.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists its elevation as 4,190 feet, or 1,277 meters, and names the U.S. Forest Service as the administering agency.2

A 1934 L-4 cab stood on the knob, according to the Forest Fire Lookout Association.2 Firelookout.com gives the same year.1

In August 1937 the Whitman Forest office asked to build a standard one-car garage and storeroom at the lookout. The Oregon Lookouts page records that the plan was approved for this site on August 6.3

A July 1953 item from the Nyssa Gate City Journal mentions a visit to Roger Stephen, who was on lookout duty at Crockett Knob near Bates.3

The Forest Fire Lookout Association says the cab was removed in 1971.2 Firelookout.com says it was destroyed that year, so the two sources agree on the date but not on how the cab left the site.1 The Oregon Lookouts page lists the lookout only as removed, with no date.3

We found no source that describes what remains at the site today, or whether the public can reach it. Check with the Malheur National Forest before planning a visit.

  1. Crockett Knob Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/crockettknob.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Crockett Knob Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/crockett-knob-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Crockett Knob, Forest Lookouts (Oregon), https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/crockett-knob.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Crockett Knob Lookout site 2008
Crockett Knob Lookout site 2008 (2008)Photo: Ron Kemnow, 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, what it is built of, 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: 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, 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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