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Fire lookout · Curry County, Oregon

Mislatnah Mountain Lookout Site

Also known as Mislatnah Peak

Curry County, OR L-5 lookout cab built 1934 on the Siskiyou NF, abandoned in 1954 and gone; no source read describes what remains at the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Abandoned in 1954 and gone, per the Former Fire Lookout Sites register

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-5 lookout cabThe design: L-5
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1934
Height
Unknown
Elevation
3,124 ft (952 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service (Siskiyou National Forest)
Land
Federal land
Location
Curry County, Oregon
Coordinates
42.30619, −124.05593
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-or-mislatnah-mountain

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1934 BuiltL-5 cab constructed on the siteSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, oregonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1934 EventPanorama photos taken by Sarlin on April 6, 1934; the register credits the National Archives Pacific Northwest RegionSources: firetower.org, oregonlookouts.weebly.com, orww.org
  3. No record between 1934 and 1954
  4. 1954 AbandonedLookout abandoned in 1954; now goneSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  5. No record between 1954 and 2019
  6. 2019 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered November 18, 2019 on the Former Fire Lookout Sites register; nominated by Tammy McLeodSource: 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.

Mislatnah Mountain, also called Mislatnah Peak, is in Curry County, Oregon, on the Siskiyou National Forest, about 21 miles northeast of Brookings.1,2,3

The site sits at 3,124 feet, or 952 meters.1

In 1934 a cab of the L-5 design was built on the site.1,2,4 Sarlin took panorama photos from the lookout on April 6, 1934, and the register credits those panoramas to the National Archives' Pacific Northwest Region.1,4,3

The lookout was given up in 1954 and no longer exists.1,2

The Former Fire Lookout Sites register recorded the site on November 18, 2019.1

None of the sources we read describes what, if anything, remains at the site today, or whether visitors can reach it.

  1. Mislatnah Mountain Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/or/mislatnah-mountain-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Mislatnah Peak Fire Lookout Cabin, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://www.firelookout.com/or/mislatnahpeak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Curry County, Osbornes Project, ORWW, http://www.orww.org/Osbornes_Project/Curry/index.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Mislatnah Mountain, Forest Lookouts, https://oregonlookouts.weebly.com/mislatnah-mountain.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (North) 4-6-1934
Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (North) 4-6-1934 (1934)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (SE) 4-6-1934
Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (SE) 4-6-1934 (1934)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (SW) 4-6-1934
Mislatnah Mountain Lookout panoramic (SW) 4-6-1934 (1934)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, 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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