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Grizzly Peak Lookout Site

Linn County, OR L-4 lookout house built on Grizzly Peak in 1934; removed or destroyed in 1965; no source describes remains today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in 1965 per the FFLOS register and the Forest Lookouts page; firelookout.com says destroyed that year. No source describes remains.

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 cabThe design: L-4
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1934
Height
Unknown
Elevation
5,774 ft (1,760 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Linn County, Oregon
Coordinates
44.64378, −121.85331
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-grizzly-peak

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History

Then and now

  1. 1931 EventApril 1931: Grizzly Peak named as one of eleven new emergency lookout stations; telephone link plannedSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1934 BuiltL-4 lookout house constructed in 1934Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. No record between 1934 and 1965
  4. 1965 RemovedRemoved per the FFLOS register and the Forest Lookouts page; firelookout.com says destroyedSources: firetower.org, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. No record between 1965 and 2011
  6. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered May 7, 2011 as US 959, OR 317; nominated by Ray KresekSource: firetower.org
  7. 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.

The Grizzly Peak lookout stood at 5,774 feet (1,760 m) in the Willamette National Forest, in Linn County, about three miles southwest of Mount Jefferson.1,2

In April 1931 the Statesman Journal reported that Grizzly Peak was slated to be one of eleven emergency stations added that year, with its post due to join the telephone system the next year.3

An L-4 lookout house went up on the peak in 1934.1,2,3

The sources agree on the year but not on how the lookout ended. The Former Fire Lookout Sites register and an Oregon lookout-history page say it was removed in 1965.1,3 firelookout.com says the cab was destroyed that same year.2

The site was added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites register on May 7, 2011.1

No source described here says what, if anything, remains at the summit today, or whether visitors can reach it.

  1. Grizzly Peak Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/grizzly-peak-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Grizzly Peak Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/grizzlypeak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Grizzly Peak, Forest Lookouts website, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/grizzly-peak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Grizzly Peak Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
1943
1943 (1943)Photo: 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: what it is built of, design, 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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