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Fire lookout · Clallam County, Washington

Deer Park (Blue) Lookout Site

Also known as Blue (Deer Park) Mountain, Blue Mountain

Clallam County, WA lookout on Blue Mountain above Deer Park: 1931 cab, WWII Aircraft Warning post, removed 1970; 2004 photos show concrete at the site.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in 1970 per the register (FireLookout.com says destroyed); NPS says the building has since been removed

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 cabGable-roofed cab from 1931 (L-4 per register and FireLookout.com; R-1 style ground cabin per WA lookouts list), replacing a 10x10 foot cabinThe design: L-4
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
Unknown
Height
Unknown
Elevation
6,007 ft (1,831 m)
Agency
National Park Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Clallam County, Washington
Coordinates
47.95478, −123.25949
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-deer-park-blue

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1931 Replaced by a new structureGable-roofed cab replaced the cabin; L-4 per register and FireLookout.com, R-1 style ground cabin per the WA lookouts listSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1942 EventCalled into service as an Aircraft Warning Service lookout; WA list gives activation March 19, 1942 with the Port Angeles Filter CenterSources: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com, nps.gov
  3. No record between 1942 and 1959
  4. 1959 StaffedHarry C. Hall named as summer lookout man at Deer Park in a 1959 newspaper item quoted on the WA listSource: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
  5. 1970 RemovedRemoved per the register; FireLookout.com says destroyedSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  6. No record between 1970 and 2011
  7. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered February 21, 2011 as FFLOS US 851Source: firetower.org
  8. Date unknown Built10x10 foot cabin, dated 1929 by the register and 1928 by FireLookout.comSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  9. 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.

The lookout stood on the summit of Blue Mountain, above Deer Park, in Clallam County, Washington.1,2,3 The summit is about 6,007 feet (1,831 meters) high and now lies inside Olympic National Park.1,2,3

A small cabin, 10 feet square, came first.1 Sources date it to 1928 or 1929, depending on which one you read.1,2 In 1931 a gable-roofed cab replaced it.1,2,3 The register and FireLookout.com call that cab an L-4, but the Washington lookouts list calls it an R-1 style cabin on the ground.1,2,3

During World War II the lookout was pressed into use as an Aircraft Warning Service post.4 The Washington list gives March 19, 1942 as the activation date and ties the lookout to the Port Angeles Filter Center.3

In 1959 a newspaper item, reprinted on the Washington list, named Harry C. Hall as the summer staffer at Deer Park.3

The register says the cab was removed in 1970, and FireLookout.com says it was destroyed that year.1,2

A National Park Service article says the building no longer stands.4 By 1983, only two park structures used by Aircraft Warning Service staff were still standing: Dodger Point and Pyramid Peak lookouts.4

The register's photo captions, dated September 2, 2004, show concrete along the edge of the site and the spot where the lookout stood.1 No source we read says what is on the summit today, how to reach it, or whether it is open. Because it lies inside a national park, ask the park before you go.

  1. Deer Park (Blue) Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/deer-park-blue-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Blue (Deer Park) Mtn. Fire Lookout Cabin, FireLookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/bluedeerpark.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Blue Mountain, Forest Lookouts (Washington), https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/blue-mountain.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Coastal Defenses in Olympic National Park in World War II, National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/articles/olympiccoastaldefensewwii.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Deer Park (Blue) Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
1939
1939 (1939)Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
1943
1943 (1943)Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Deer Park (Blue) Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Concrete along edge of site 9/2/2004
Concrete along edge of site 9/2/2004 (2004)Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
View toward Obstruction Point 9/2/2004
View toward Obstruction Point 9/2/2004 (2004)Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Site where lookout stood 9/2/2004
Site where lookout stood 9/2/2004 (2004)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. 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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