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Fire lookout · Douglas County, Oregon

Huckleberry Mountain Lookout Site (Douglas County)

Also known as Huckleberry Mountain

Douglas County lookout site near Cottage Grove: a 1929 pole tower, a 1945 L-4 replacement, removed in 1970; no source describes what remains.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in 1970 per the register and firelookout.com's description; no source describes what remains on the summit

Visit & stay

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

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower60-foot pole tower with 8x8 ft cab and ground cabin living quarters (1929); replaced in 1945 by a 42-foot pole L-4 towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1929
Height
Unknown
Elevation
4,754 ft (1,449 m)
Agency
Douglas FPA
Land
Unknown
Location
Douglas County, Oregon
Coordinates
43.51054, −122.85851
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-huckleberry-mountain-douglas-county

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1929 Built60-foot pole tower with 8x8 ft cab, plus ground cabin living quartersSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. No record between 1929 and 1945
  3. 1945 Replaced by a new structure42-foot pole L-4 tower replaced the 1929 towerSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  4. No record between 1945 and 1970
  5. 1970 RemovedRemoved in 1970 per both sources' descriptions; firelookout.com's page header reads R.I.P. 1929-1945Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  6. No record between 1970 and 2011
  7. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterDate registered February 10, 2011Source: 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.

Huckleberry Mountain is in Douglas County, about 20 miles southeast of Cottage Grove, at 4,754 feet.1,2 The register lists the Douglas FPA as the agency that administered the site.1

A 60-foot pole tower with an 8-by-8-foot cab, plus a ground cabin for living quarters, went up in 1929.1,2 In 1945 a 42-foot pole L-4 tower replaced it.1,2

Both sources say the 1945 tower was removed in 1970.1,2 firelookout.com's page header reads "R.I.P. 1929-1945," which would end the lookout in 1945 instead. Its own description gives the 1970 removal, so we follow the description.2

We found no source that describes what, if anything, remains on the summit today, or whether the site can be visited. Check with the managing agency before planning a trip.

  1. Huckleberry Mountain Lookout Site (Douglas County), Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/huckleberry-mountain-lookout-site-douglas-county/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Huckleberry Mtn. Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/huckleberry1163.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Huckleberry Mountain Lookout Site (Douglas County)
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, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, 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. 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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