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Fire lookout · Pend Oreille County, Washington

Goose Creek Point Lookout Site

A 1938 lookout, a 30-ft pole tower with an L-4 cab in the Kaniksu National Forest near Usk, removed in the 1950s; one undated visit saw a possible garage foundation.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed in the 1950s; the undated visit account describes a possible garage foundation at the top.

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. Reached by Forest Service roads from Usk (Kings Lake Road, then FR50). The sources describe no closure or gate.

Road to the top?
Yes, you can drive up
Trail
Drive the spur road as far as possible, then walk; about 3/4 mile from the main good gravel road.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower30-ft pole tower with an L-4 cab on topThe design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1938
Height
30 ft (9.1 m)
Elevation
3,633 ft (1,107 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Pend Oreille County, Washington
Coordinates
48.41257, −117.05970
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-goose-creek-point

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1938 BuiltBuilt as a 30-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab on top.Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  2. 1950 RemovedSources say only that it was removed in the 1950s; 1950 stands in for the decade.Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  3. No record between 1950 and 2012
  4. 2012 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterDate registered December 14, 2012 (US 1499, WA 399).Source: firetower.org
  5. 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.

Goose Creek Point is a former fire lookout site in Pend Oreille County, inside the Kaniksu National Forest. The way in runs through the town of Usk.1,2

The lookout was built in 1938 as a 30-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab on top.1,3,2 It was removed in the 1950s.1,3,2 The site was entered on the Former Fire Lookout Sites register on December 14, 2012.1

Getting there means leaving Usk on Kings Lake Road, crossing the Pend Oreille River, and following FR50 up to a ridge.2 A visitor's account on the WillhiteWeb page is undated. It reports many trees down along the route, so the advice was to drive the spur road as far as it goes and then walk.2 The walk from the main gravel road is about three-quarters of a mile.2

At the top, the same account noted what may be a foundation for a garage. The view to the south was still open, while the rest was blocked by trees.2

No other source describes what remains at the site today.

  1. Goose Creek Point Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/goose-creek-point-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Goose Creek Point Lookout Site, WillhiteWeb.com: Fire Lookouts, http://willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/goose_creek_point/lookout_site_251.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Goose Creek Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/goosecreek.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Goose Creek Point Lookout Site
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, height, 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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