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Fire lookout · Lane County, Oregon

He He Lookout Site

Also known as Hehe Mountain

Willamette NF lookout near Oakridge: a 1919 pole tower, a 1934 22-foot L-4 tower and a 1958 R-6 tower; removed or destroyed in 1968.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in 1968 per the registry and the Rex's page; firelookout.com says destroyed in 1968

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 cab22-foot round timber tower with an L-4 cab (1934), then a treated timber tower with an R-6 cab (1958)The designs: L-4, R-6
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1919
Height
22 ft (6.7 m)
Elevation
4,066 ft (1,239 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service (Willamette National Forest)
Land
Federal land
Location
Lane County, Oregon
Coordinates
44.02753, −122.35322
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-he-he

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History

Then and now

  1. 1919 Built10-foot pole tower with a shake cabinSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. 1932 EventAugust 24, 1932: Eugene Guard, as quoted on Rex's page, reported that new lookout houses would be built at He-He Mountain and several other sitesSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1934 Replaced by a new structurePole tower replaced with a 22-foot round timber tower with an L-4 cab (model 1931 cab per the Rex's page)Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  4. No record between 1934 and 1958
  5. 1958 Replaced by a new structureReplaced with a treated timber tower with an R-6 flat-roof cabSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  6. 1968 Destroyedfirelookout.com says destroyed in 1968 (conflicts with removed)Source: firelookout.com
  7. 1968 RemovedRegistry and Rex's page say the lookout was removedSources: firetower.org, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  8. No record between 1968 and 2011
  9. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered on the Former Fire Lookout Sites Register May 7, 2011; nominated by Ray KresekSource: firetower.org
  10. 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.

He He Mountain sits in the Willamette National Forest, in Lane County, about 18 miles north-northeast of Oakridge.1 The first lookout was a 10-foot pole tower with a shake cabin, dated to 1919 by the registry and by firelookout.com.2,1 In August 1932 the Eugene Guard, as quoted on a lookout history page, reported that new lookout houses would be built at He-He Mountain and at several other sites.3

In 1934 the pole tower was replaced with a 22-foot round timber tower with an L-4 cab.2,3 In 1958 a treated timber tower with an R-6 flat-roof cab took its place.2,1,3

The registry and the Rex's page record its removal in 1968.2,3 firelookout.com says it was destroyed that year instead, so the sources disagree on how it ended.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association's Oregon list also marks the site as gone.4 The site was added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites Register on May 7, 2011.2

No source we read describes what, if anything, remains of the site now, or whether the public can reach it.

  1. He He Mtn. Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/hehe.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. He He Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/he-he-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Hehe Mountain - Forest Lookouts, Rex's Fire Lookout Page, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/hehe-mountain.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Oregon lookouts list, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/or/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

He He Mountain Lookout 1934 - 1958
He He Mountain Lookout 1934 - 1958 (1934)Photo: Howard Verschoor 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: what it is built of, 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, visiting details, 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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