Fire lookout · Chelan County, Washington
Junior Point Lookout Site
Shelter cabin in 1931 and L-4 cab on the summit in 1933; cab removed or destroyed in 1968; the summit is now a drive-up viewpoint with a campsite below it.
- Gone
- Open to the public
- Verified
Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. The L-4 cab came down in 1968 (removed or destroyed, depending on the source)
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. Willhiteweb describes the summit as a viewpoint and gives drive-up access on gravel roads
- Road to the top?
- Yes, you can drive up
- Trail
- Gravel roads; some clearance best and good tires; a campsite with a picnic table and fire ring sits in the woods just below the summit
Facts
- Status
- Type
- Ground-level cabShelter cabin (1931) just west of the summit; L-4 cab on the summit (1933)The design: L-4
- Built of
- WoodGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
- Built
- 1931
- Height
- 14 ft (4.3 m)
- Elevation
- 6,654 ft (2,028 m)
- Agency
- U.S. Forest Service (Wenatchee National Forest)
- Land
- Federal land
- Location
- Chelan County, Washington
- Coordinates
- 47.99443, −120.40014
- Registers
- This entry
- VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
- Firefinder id
us-wa-junior-point
View from the cab
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History
Then and now
- 1931 BuiltShelter cabin built just west of the summit; a 1931 newspaper item reports a look-out house completed at Junior PeakSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
- 1933 BuiltL-4 cab constructed on the summitSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
- No record between 1933 and 1968
- 1968 Destroyedfirelookout.com and Willhiteweb say the L-4 cab was destroyedSources: firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
- 1968 RemovedRegister says the L-4 cab was removedSource: firetower.org
- No record between 1968 and 2012
- 2012 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered October 21, 2012; nominated by Ray KresekSource: firetower.org
- 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 (opens another site) (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).
Story
Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.
Junior Point sits in the Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, about 21 miles northwest of Chelan.1,2
A shelter cabin went up in 1931 just west of the summit.1,3 A 1931 Wenatchee Daily World item, quoted by Washington Lookouts, reports that the Forest Service had just finished a look-out house at Junior Peak.4 An L-4 cab was built on the summit in 1933.1,3
Willhiteweb, citing Kresek, says the site once served pack trains heading toward Pyramid Lookout and, during AWS, was a halfway house for suppliers on snowshoes bound for Big Hill.3
Sources disagree on how the cab ended. The register says it was removed in 1968, while firelookout.com and Willhiteweb say it was destroyed that year.1,2,3 Washington Lookouts also lists the site as removed.4
No source describes footings, a foundation or other remains at the summit today. Willhiteweb now presents the site as a viewpoint for adventurous visitors, and a wooded campsite just below the summit has a picnic table and fire ring.3 The road in is gravel, and Willhiteweb says it suits vehicles with good tires and higher clearance than an average car.3 Its page labels the site drive-up.3
- Junior Point Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/junior-point-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
- Junior Point Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/juniorpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
- Junior Point Lookout Site - Chelan District, Willhiteweb.com, http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/junior_point_lookout/lake_chelan_359.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
- Junior Point - FOREST LOOKOUTS, Washington Lookouts, https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/junior-point.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
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Sources
- Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) (opens another site) 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
- Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists (opens another site) 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
- firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page (opens another site) 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
- FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) (opens another site) Gave us: height, 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
- WillhiteWeb.com: Washington Fire Lookouts (opens another site) 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
- 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
More about this lookout elsewhere
- FFLOS register entry US 1410 (firetower.org) (opens another site)
- FFLA Washington lookout list (firelookout.org) (opens another site)
- Junior Point on firelookout.com (Rex Kamstra) (opens another site)
- Junior Point on Forest Lookouts, western US (Ron Kemnow) (opens another site)
- Junior Point on WillhiteWeb.com Washington Fire Lookouts (opens another site)
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