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Little Bunchgrass Lookout Site

Little Bunchgrass L-5 ground cab, built 1933 per the register (1934 per local history), removed or destroyed in 1968; no current site description found.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in 1968 per the register and local history; 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 cab10x10 ft L-5 ground cabThe design: L-5
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
5,311 ft (1,619 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Lane County, Oregon
Coordinates
43.73830, −122.26912
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-little-bunchgrass

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 BuiltRegister and firelookout.com date the 10x10 L-5 cab to 1933. Local history dates the build to 1934.Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. 1933 StaffedFrank Singletary left to serve as lookout fireman (Eugene Guard, July 21, 1933).Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1934 EventMaterials being sent for the lookout house (April 27, 1934). Local history says the 10x10 L-5 house was built in 1934.Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  4. 1938 StaffedPhillip Dimick serving as lookout fireman (Eugene Guard, August 8, 1938).Source: oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. No record between 1938 and 1968
  6. 1968 Destroyedfirelookout.com says the cab was destroyed in 1968.Source: firelookout.com
  7. 1968 RemovedRegister and local history: the lookout was removed.Sources: firetower.org, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  8. No record between 1968 and 2011
  9. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered on May 8, 2011 as FFLOS US 837, OR 222.Source: firetower.org
  10. 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.

Little Bunchgrass Mountain held a lookout in Lane County, about 10 miles east of Oakridge, in the Willamette National Forest.1,2 The U.S. Forest Service administered it.1 The Former Fire Lookout Sites register listed the site on May 8, 2011.1

The register and firelookout.com both date the cab to 1933. It was a 10-by-10-foot L-5 ground cab.1,2 A local history of the forest's lookouts dates the build later. It reports that materials for the lookout house were on their way in April 1934, and that a 10-by-10-foot L-5 lookout house was built in 1934.3

A July 1933 Eugene newspaper item said Frank Singletary had left to serve as lookout fireman on the mountain.3 An August 1938 item said Phillip Dimick was then serving as lookout fireman there.3

The register and the local history say the lookout was removed in 1968.1,3 Firelookout.com says it was destroyed that year.2 None of these sources says how the cab came down.1,2,3

No source here describes what, if anything, remains on the mountain today, or whether the site is open to visitors.1,2,3

  1. Little Bunchgrass Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/little-bunchgrass-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Little Bunchgrass Fire Lookout Cabin, Firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/or/littlebunchgrass.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Little Bunchgrass Mountain - Forest Lookouts, Oregon Forest Lookouts (weebly), https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/little-bunchgrass-mountain.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Little Bunchgrass Mountain Lookout
Little Bunchgrass Mountain LookoutPhoto: Mark Swift 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, 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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