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Fire lookout · Pend Oreille County, Washington

No Name Peak Lookout Site

Pend Oreille County, WA 40-foot pole L-4 tower built 1935; removed or destroyed in 1955 (sources disagree); site remains noted in a 2023 trip report.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed or destroyed in 1955; sources disagree on which

Visit & stay

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

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
Hike of 1.8 miles one way with about 1,200 feet of gain, from Mystic Lake along an old overgrowing road; site notes list footings, anchors, cable and glass; no views at the summit in 2023 ; the trip report warns that straying into a home site backyard means going too far (WillhiteWeb trip report)

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower40-foot pole tower with an L-4 cabThe design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1935
Height
40 ft (12.2 m)
Elevation
4,142 ft (1,263 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Pend Oreille County, Washington
Coordinates
48.30910, −117.14390
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-no-name-peak

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History

Then and now

  1. 1935 Built40-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab builtSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  2. 1940 EventWillhiteWeb photo captioned No Name Peak Lookout in 1940Source: willhiteweb.com
  3. No record between 1940 and 1955
  4. 1955 DestroyedFireLookout and WillhiteWeb say destroyed in 1955Sources: firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  5. 1955 RemovedFFLOS says removed in 1955; Washington Lookouts lists only Removed, with no dateSource: firetower.org
  6. No record between 1955 and 2012
  7. 2012 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterRegistered December 17, 2012 as US 1516, WA 416Source: firetower.org
  8. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

No Name Peak Lookout stood in Pend Oreille County, Washington, about 10 miles north-northwest of Newport.1,2 The site lies within the Kaniksu and Colville National Forests, and the U.S. Forest Service administered it.1,2

The tower went up in 1935 as a 40-foot pole with an L-4 cab.1,3 A WillhiteWeb photo is captioned "No Name Peak Lookout in 1940".3 The Former Fire Lookout Sites register lists it as US 1516 and registered it on December 17, 2012.1

Sources disagree on how the tower ended. The Former Fire Lookout Sites says it was removed in 1955, and FireLookout and WillhiteWeb say it was destroyed that year.1,2,3 Washington Lookouts gives only the word "Removed", with no date.4

WillhiteWeb's trip report describes a route from Mystic Lake, along an old road that is overgrowing, then up a ridge.3 The same report warns that a hiker who strays into a home site's backyard has gone too far and might be shot.3 The hike is 1.8 miles one way, with about 1,200 feet of climb.3 Its site notes list footings, anchors, cable and glass, and say there were no views at the summit in 2023.3 The same page lists access as "Any vehicle", which does not fit the hike it describes.3 None of the sources says whether the site is open to the public.

  1. No Name Peak Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/no-name-peak-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. No Name Peak Fire Lookout Tower, FireLookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/nonamepeak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. No Name Peak Lookout Site, WillhiteWeb.com, http://willhiteweb.com/fire_lookouts/no_name_peak/lookout_199.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. No Name Peak - Forest Lookouts, Washington Lookouts, https://washingtonlookouts.weebly.com/no-name-peak.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of No Name Peak 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, 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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