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Fire lookout · Kittitas County, Washington

Goat Peak Lookout Site (now at Teanaway Valley)

Also known as Teanaway Valley

Goat Peak's later lookout cab was sold in 1969 and moved to the Teanaway Valley, Kittitas County, where it sits on a hill visible from Teanaway Road.

Private land

No public access. Please do not trespass; view it only from public land. Sold in 1969 to a local family (WTA). WTA says it can be seen from Teanaway Road, on a hill behind the Teanaway general store. No source found describes public access.

Original site: Goat Peak Lookout Site

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Private land. See the warning at the top of this page.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
View from Teanaway Road only (WTA). The cab went to a local family, so do not go onto the property.
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower10-ft treated timber R-6 flat-roof lookout, which replaced the 1928 D-6 cupola cabin on Goat Peak (replacement date disputed)The designs: R-6, D-6
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1928
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Unknown
Land
Unknown
Location
Kittitas County, Washington
Coordinates
47.25517, −120.87109
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-goat-peak-lookout-site-at-teanaway-valley

View from the cab

What you see from the cab: every ridge out to about 93 miles, the named peaks in sight, and other fire lookouts within view, worked out from terrain data in your browser.

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Or see what it could see on the map: the ground in its line of sight.

History

Then and now

  1. 1927 Event1927 allotments included $800 for a lookout house on Goat Peak (The Leavenworth Echo, as quoted by Forest Lookouts).Source: washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1928 BuiltFirst lookout on Goat Peak, a D-6 cupola cabin (original site).Sources: firetower.org, wta.org
  3. 1933 StaffedKnown lookout personnel: Adam Ehl (1933).Source: firelookout.com
  4. No record between 1933 and 1956
  5. 1956 Replaced by a new structureWTA: a new R-6 flat cabin on a treated 10-ft tower was built in 1956, after an L-4 cabin in the late 1930s.Source: wta.org
  6. 1960 Replaced by a new structureRegister and firelookout.com: the 10-ft treated timber R-6 flat tower replaced the cupola cabin about 1960. Conflicts with WTA's 1956.Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  7. 1969 MovedSold and moved to the Teanaway Valley. WTA says a local family took it apart to move it.Sources: firetower.org, washingtonlookouts.weebly.com, wta.org
  8. Date unknown MovedMoved from Goat Peak to Teanaway Valley.Source: FFLA
  9. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

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.

Goat Peak sits in Kittitas County, on the Wenatchee National Forest, about 12 miles west of Cle Elum.1,2 The 1927 allotments included $800 for a lookout house on the peak.3 The first lookout was a D-6 cupola cabin, built in 1928.4,1

The only named lookout I found is Adam Ehl, listed for 1933.2

The sources disagree about what replaced the cupola cabin.1,4 The Former Fire Lookout Sites register says a 10-foot treated timber R-6 flat tower went up about 1960.1 The Washington Trails Association trip report says an L-4 cabin came in the late 1930s, and a new R-6 flat cabin on a 10-foot tower followed in 1956.4 Three sources date the sale to 1969 and say the lookout was moved, and two of them name the Teanaway Valley as its new home.1,3,4

The moved lookout sits on a hill behind the Teanaway general store, and the WTA report says you can still see it from Teanaway Road.4 It went to a local family,4 and I found no source describing public access. Enjoy the view from the road, and leave the property alone.

One 2017 WTA hike started at an unsigned trailhead off Cabin Creek Road and climbed by trail to the old lookout area.4 The same report notes trees around the old lookout site.4

  1. Goat Peak Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/goat-peak-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Goat Peak Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/goatpeak163.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Goat Peak, Forest Lookouts, https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/goat-peak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Goat Peak trip report, Washington Trails Association, https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2017-07-19.7071429147 (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Sources

  1. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: name, location, county, type, status, dates, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  2. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, 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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