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Fire lookout · Skagit County, Washington

Gee Point Lookout Site

L-5 cab built 1934 in Skagit County; abandoned 1964; Aircraft Warning Service station 1942-43; now gone, with cabin remains reported on the route.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Abandoned in 1964 and described as gone; the Washington lookouts index marks it removed. No removal date found. Willhite's undated route notes report remains of a cabin.

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent. You may still be able to visit the site.

Access

Open to the public. On Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest land, reached by a hiking route in Willhite's notes. Public access is inferred from the land status and route notes; no closure or permit rule was found in the sources read.

Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
Short hike from a large parking area at the end of a forest road, gaining about 700 feet (Willhite). Willhite's page asks visitors to call ahead because forest thinning was being planned.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Ground-level cabL-5 cabThe design: L-5
Built of
WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1934
Height
Unknown
Elevation
4,974 ft (1,516 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Skagit County, Washington
Coordinates
48.43397, −121.82471 sources disagree
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-gee-point

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1934 BuiltL-5 cab, per the register, firelookout.com and WillhiteSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  2. 1942 EventActivated April 6, 1942 as Aircraft Warning Service station Yoke 4-5 (Washington lookouts page)Source: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1943 EventAircraft Warning Service station deactivated October 16, 1943 (Washington lookouts page; Willhite gives 10/16/43). The same page also gives 1944. Forest Service kept the site for fire detection afterward.Sources: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com, willhiteweb.com
  4. No record between 1943 and 1964
  5. 1964 AbandonedAbandoned 1964 per the register, firelookout.com and WillhiteSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  6. No record between 1964 and 2020
  7. 2020 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered February 13, 2020 on the Former Fire Lookout Sites registerSource: firetower.org
  8. Date unknown RemovedMarked removed on the Washington lookouts index; no removal year givenSources: firetower.org, washingtonlookouts.weebly.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.

Gee Point is a former lookout site on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Skagit County, Washington, at about 4,974 feet (1,516 meters).1 The U.S. Forest Service administers the land.1

The lookout was an L-5 cab built in 1934.1,2,3 The National Historic Lookout Register says an L-5 is a 10-by-10-foot cab, part of a family of hip-roofed cabs that also includes the larger L-4.4

During the Second World War the site was an Aircraft Warning Service station, called Yoke 4-5.5,3 The station used existing forest facilities, and the Forest Service kept the site for fire detection afterward.5,3

The station was activated on April 6, 1942, and deactivated on October 16, 1943.5 The same page also gives October 16, 1944 for the inactivation, and Willhite's page gives 10/16/43, so the sources disagree on the end year.5,3

The cab was abandoned in 1964.1,2,3 The register says the lookout is gone, and the Washington lookouts index marks the site as removed.1,5

Willhite reports the remains of a cabin on the route to the summit. He thinks a cabin below the summit was likely built for the wartime station.3

The route starts at a large parking area at the end of a forest road and gains about 700 feet.3 Willhite's page asks visitors to call ahead, because forest thinning was being planned.3 Check with the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest before you go.

  1. Gee Point Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register (firetower.org), http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/gee-point-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Gee Point Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/geepoint.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Gee Point Lookout Site, WillhiteWeb.com, http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/gee_point/lookout_site_225.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Definitions, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/definitions/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  5. Gee Point, Forest Lookouts (washingtonlookouts.weebly.com), https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/gee-point.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (N)
Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (N)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (SE)
Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (SE)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (SW)
Gee Point Lookout panoramic 8-3-36 (SW)Photo: National Archives-Pacific Northwest Region, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Gee Point Lookout site
Gee Point Lookout sitePhoto: Eric Willhite, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Where sources disagree

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  • Sources disagree on the location by 560 m.

    • FFLOS: 48.43397, −121.82471
    • FFLA: 48.42906, −121.82648
    • firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page: 48.42906, −121.82648

    They share a register number.

    The map uses the position from FFLOS.

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, access, 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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