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Fire lookout · Okanogan County, Washington

Mount Annie Lookout Site

Okanogan County, WA tower built 1933, staffed from 1934, removed or destroyed in 1957; Willhite's 2020 account shows a foundation and woodpiles.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Tower gone since 1957. Willhite's photos show a building foundation, footings and woodpiles.

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go. Willhite says the left gate road is usually locked but was open during a timber sale; no source states a visiting rule

Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
Gravel road to a gate 2 miles below the summit, then fallen trees across the road; no views remain

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerPole tower with L-6 cab, with a log cabin at the baseThe design: L-6
Built of
Wood
Built
1933
Height
60 ft (18.3 m)
Elevation
6,054 ft (1,845 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service (Okanogan National Forest)
Land
Federal land
Location
Okanogan County, Washington
Coordinates
48.66135, −119.05387
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-mount-annie

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 BuiltPole tower with L-6 cab and a log cabin at the baseSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  2. 1934 First staffedMr. and Mrs. Vernon Wills of TonasketSources: willhiteweb.com, washingtonlookouts.weebly.com
  3. No record between 1934 and 1956
  4. 1956 Condition assessmentOne tower leg found hollow with rotSources: firetower.org, willhiteweb.com
  5. 1957 RemovedRegister says removed and never replaced; firelookout.com and Willhite say destroyedSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  6. No record between 1957 and 2012
  7. 2012 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterUS 1430, WA 330; registered November 9, 2012Source: firetower.org
  8. 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.

Mount Annie is in Okanogan County, Washington, within the Okanogan National Forest.1,2 A road was under construction up the mountain in 1933, and a lookout tower went up that year with a log cabin at its base.1,3,4 A newspaper said in October 1933 that the tower was being framed to be raised.4

In 1934 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wills of Tonasket staffed the tower for its first summer.3,4

Sources disagree on the height. The register and firelookout.com give 65 feet, while Willhite gives 60 feet, the same figure a 1933 newspaper planned.1,2,3,4

In 1956 rot was found in one tower leg, which was hollow.3 The tower came down in 1957.3 The register says it was removed and never replaced, while firelookout.com and Willhite say it was destroyed.1,2,3

The site has no views today, because the forest has grown up.3 Willhite's account of a 2020 visit includes photos of a building foundation, footings and woodpiles.3

The road leaves Highway 20 and is signed.3 Willhite reports two gates about six miles from the highway. He says the left gate road is usually locked, though the road was open during a recent timber sale.3 Beyond the gate he describes good gravel to another gate two miles below the summit, then fallen trees across the road.3 The land is National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and no source states visiting rules for today.1

  1. Mount Annie Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, Forest Fire Lookout Association, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/mount-annie-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Mt. Annie Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/mtannie.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Mount Annie Fire Lookout Site, WillhiteWeb.com Fire Lookouts, http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/mount_annie/lookout_081.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Mount Annie, Forest Lookouts, https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/mount-annie.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Mount Annie 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: 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
  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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