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Ingram Point Lookout Site

Crook County, OR point: crow's nest 1926 (platform 1920), 50 ft L-6 tower with cabin 1934 (65 ft per 1933 news), removed or destroyed in the 1960s; no source describes remains.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed or destroyed in the 1960s (register says removed; Forest Fire Lookout Association says destroyed). No source describes what remains today.

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

Access

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Road to the top?
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Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerWooden L-6 tower with ground cabin: 50 ft per register and Forest Fire Lookout Association; 65 ft per a 1933 newspaper quoted by Forest LookoutsThe design: L-6
Built of
Wood
Built
1920
Height
65 ft (19.8 m)
Elevation
5,714 ft (1,742 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Crook County, Oregon
Coordinates
44.50758, −120.61942
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-ingram-point

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History

Then and now

  1. 1919 EventFire finder installed at the lookoutSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1920 BuiltPlatform planned in July 1920 and being erected on Tamarack in August 1920 (Crook County Journal items quoted by Forest Lookouts)Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1926 BuiltRegister and Forest Fire Lookout Association date the crow's nest to 1926Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  4. 1927 FireLookout reported only one fire that seasonSource: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. 1933 BuiltWork under way on a 65-foot lookout tower on Tamarack Point (Central Oregonian item quoted by Forest Lookouts)Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  6. 1933 EventU.S. geographic board establishes the name Ingram Point instead of Tamarack (Central Oregonian item quoted by Forest Lookouts)Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  7. 1934 Replaced by a new structureCrow's nest replaced with a 50-foot wooden L-6 tower and ground cabinSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  8. No record between 1934 and 1960
  9. 1960 DestroyedForest Fire Lookout Association: destroyed in the 1960sSource: firelookout.com
  10. 1960 RemovedRegister: removed in the 1960sSource: firetower.org
  11. No record between 1960 and 2011
  12. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterDate registered per FFLOS detail page: June 23, 2011Source: FFLOS register entry
  13. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Ingram Point stands at 5,714 feet in Crook County, Oregon, in the Ochoco National Forest, and the U.S. Forest Service administered the site.1

Before 1933 the point was called Tamarack.2 A Crook County Journal item from July 1920 says the Forest Service planned a platform there, and an August 1920 item reports a lookout platform being erected on Tamarack.2 The register and the Forest Fire Lookout Association date a crow's nest on the point to 1926.1,3

Between 1920 and 1929, Forest Lookouts names Wayne Adamson, Norman Harrison, Ray Glasgow, Sam Warg and Paul Whiteis among those who held the post.2 A Central Oregonian item says a forestry student had occupied the point for several seasons before Whiteis was hired in 1929.2

In 1927 the lookout reported only one fire that season.2 The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists Jeanette Searles as lookout personnel in 1952.3

In 1933 the U.S. geographic board chose the name Ingram Point instead of Tamarack, honoring the late Assistant Regional Forester Ingram, according to a Central Oregonian item quoted by Forest Lookouts.2

The register says the name honors Douglas C. Ingram, a victim of the 1929 Camas Fire near Chelan, Washington.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association says the same.3 The sources disagree on his role at the site. The register says he was responsible for building the original lookout but never staffed it.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association calls him the site's first lookout,3 and the 1933 newspaper says he first used the point as a lookout.2

A 1933 Central Oregonian item reports that a 65-foot tower was being built on Tamarack Point that August.2 The register and the Forest Fire Lookout Association instead describe a 1934 replacement: a 50-foot wooden L-6 tower with a cabin.1,3

Both the register and the Forest Fire Lookout Association say the lookout came down in the 1960s.1,3 The register says it was removed,1 and the association says it was destroyed.3

Komoot now lists Ingram Point as a viewpoint and says it sits in a protected area.4 The register includes a photo of the site captioned for 2005, but the caption does not describe what remains.1 No source we read says what, if anything, still stands at the summit.

  1. Ingram Point Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/ingram-point-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Ingram Point, Forest Lookouts, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/ingram-point.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Ingram Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://www.firelookout.com/or/ingrampoint.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Ingram Point, Komoot, https://www.komoot.com/highlight/7826035 (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Ingram Point Lookout 1935
Ingram Point Lookout 1935 (1935)Photo: Ron Kemnow collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Ingram Point Lookout 1926 - 1934
Ingram Point Lookout 1926 - 1934 (1926)Photo: Howard Verschoor collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Ingram Point Lookout
Ingram Point LookoutPhoto: Howard Verschoor collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Ingram Point Lookout site 2005
Ingram Point Lookout site 2005 (2005)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: 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, 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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