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Fire lookout · Pend Oreille County, Washington

Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Peak Lookout Site

Also known as Cee Cee Ah Peak, Cee Cee Ah (CCA) & North Site

Pend Oreille County lookout with two 40-foot pole towers (1933 and 1936). The L-4 came down in 1955; footings remain at a lower site.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. The L-4 was removed in 1955; footings remain at the lower site, and the L-6 went back to the fairgrounds as a museum piece.

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
Trail
Gated year-round road; about 4.4 miles one way with 1,900 feet of gain.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerTwo 40-foot pole towers with L-4 and L-6 cabsThe designs: L-4, L-6
Built of
Wood
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
5,374 ft (1,638 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Pend Oreille County, Washington
Coordinates
48.47099, −117.21378
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-cee-cee-ah-cca-peak

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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 Built40-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab developed in 1933Sources: firelookout.com, firetower.org, willhiteweb.com
  2. 1935 EventForest Service pack train took supplies to the lookout in early June 1935Sources: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com, willhiteweb.com
  3. 1936 Built40-foot pole tower with an L-6 cab added a quarter mile north in 1936Sources: firetower.org, willhiteweb.com
  4. No record between 1936 and 1952
  5. 1952 StaffedFirelookout records known lookout personnel for 1952Source: firelookout.com
  6. 1955 RemovedL-4 removed in 1955 per the register and Willhite; Firelookout says destroyed that yearSources: firelookout.com, firetower.org, willhiteweb.com
  7. No record between 1955 and 1984
  8. 1984 EventL-6 returned to the fairgrounds as a museumSource: willhiteweb.com
  9. No record between 1984 and 2012
  10. 2012 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered November 23, 2012 as US 1487, WA 387Source: firetower.org
  11. 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.

Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Peak sits in Pend Oreille County, Washington, about 11 miles north-northeast of Usk, in the Kaniksu and Colville National Forests.1,2

The first tower, a 40-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab, went up in 1933.1,2,3 A second tower with an L-6 cab followed in 1936, a quarter mile north.2,3 The Forest Lookouts listing also describes two towers about a quarter mile apart.4

The Forest Service pack train brought supplies to the lookout in early June 1935.3,4 Firelookout records lookout personnel for 1952.1

The L-4 was removed in 1955, according to the register and Willhite.2,3 Firelookout says it was destroyed that year.1 The L-6 went on display at the Pend Oreille Fair in 1936, before it was set atop the north tower.3 In 1984 it went back to the fairgrounds as a museum piece.3 Willhite gives no date for what became of the north tower.3

Willhite found the lower site down the south ridge, where a road ended.3 He photographed footings there, including a fourth footing that is a bit hidden, and a fire ring.3 He found no evidence at the summit, though the area appears flattened, and he thinks the summit is the likely spot for the second tower.3

The road has a gate that stays in place all year.3 As of 2023, Willhite says, riders could still cover about 80 percent of the way up by bike, and the hike is 4.4 miles one way with 1,900 feet of gain.3 The sources do not say whether the public may pass the gate, so check before you go.3

  1. Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Peak Fire Lookout Tower, Firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/ccapeak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Peak Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/cee-cee-ah-cca-peak-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Lookouts, Willhite Web, http://willhiteweb.com/fire_lookouts/cee_cee_ah/lookout_372.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Cee Cee Ah, Forest Lookouts, https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/cee-cee-ah.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Cee Cee Ah (CCA) Peak Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
L-4 tower, 1933
L-4 tower, 1933 (1933)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, 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: 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. WillhiteWeb.com: Washington Fire Lookouts Gave us: links WillhiteWeb.com · No licence stated; names and page links only (the site's photos and text are not reproduced). · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  6. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, 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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