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Fire lookout · Okanogan County, Washington

Tiffany Mountain Lookout Site

Also known as Tiffany Mountain (Peak)

Tiffany Mountain's 1931 eight-foot pole lookout, staffed into the late 1930s, was removed or destroyed in 1953; no source describes remains on the summit.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed or destroyed in 1953; the sources disagree on which, and none describes remains on the summit.

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 and a signed trail that starts at a pass.

Road to the top?
No, you have to hike
Trail
Forest roads to a pass, then the Freezeout Pass Trail No. 345. Willhite lists 2 miles and 1,700 ft of gain but also puts a trail junction at 2.5 miles.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower8-foot pole tower with gable-roofed L-4 cab (built 1931)The design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1931
Height
Unknown
Elevation
8,242 ft (2,512 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Okanogan County, Washington
Coordinates
48.66957, −119.93248
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wa-tiffany-mountain

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History

Then and now

  1. 1930 StaffedStanley Van De Camp, lookout for the season (Willhite)Source: willhiteweb.com
  2. 1931 Built8-foot pole tower with gable-roofed L-4 cabSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  3. 1937 StaffedPaul Downs of the Forest Service, Conconully districtSource: willhiteweb.com
  4. 1950 Condition assessmentUSGS party described the 14-foot square cab on an 8-foot timber towerSource: willhiteweb.com
  5. 1953 RemovedRegister says removed; FirelookOut and a trip report say destroyed; Willhite says removed or destroyedSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com, willhiteweb.com
  6. No record between 1953 and 2010
  7. 2010 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterFormer Fire Lookout Sites register, US 629Source: 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.

Tiffany Mountain sits in the Okanogan National Forest, about 11 miles northwest of Conconully.1,2

The tower the register describes was an 8-foot pole tower with a gable-roofed L-4 cab, built in 1931.1,3 Willhite also names Stanley Van De Camp as the lookout for the 1930 season, the year before that build date.3 Paul Downs, a Forest Service employee from the Conconully district, was the lookout in 1937.3

In 1950 a USGS party described the lookout as a 14-foot square wooden structure on an 8-foot tower of timber, its roof about 22 feet up.3

The end came in 1953.1,2,3,4 The register says the tower was removed that year, while FirelookOut says it was destroyed, and a Washington Trails Association trip report also says destroyed.1,2,4 Willhite uses both verbs, saying it was removed or destroyed.3

A trip report says the summit is more a sloping meadow dotted with granite boulders.4 No source describes what, if anything, remains of the lookout on the summit.

Willhite's directions run north from Winthrop on County Road 9137, then along Forest Service roads 37 and 39 to a pass, where a signed trail begins.3 The Freezeout Pass Trail No. 345 is the route he describes, and he lists the hike as 2 miles with 1,700 feet of gain.3 He says the summit gives wide views east to the Cascades and west to the Kettle Range when the weather cooperates.3

  1. Tiffany Mountain Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/wa/tiffany-mountain-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Tiffany Mtn. Fire Lookout Tower, FirelookOut.com, https://www.firelookout.com/wa/tiffany.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Tiffany Mountain - Winthrop Washington Hiking, WillhiteWeb.com, http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington/winthrop/tiffany_mountain_037.htm (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  4. Tiffany Mountain, Freezeout Ridge #345 trip report, Washington Trails Association, https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/tripreport-2005081206 (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Tiffany Mountain Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Tiffany Mountain Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Photo of Tiffany Mountain Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Tiffany Mountain Lookout
Tiffany Mountain LookoutPhoto: Rex Kamstra collection, via Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source
Tiffany Mountain Lookout
Tiffany Mountain LookoutPhoto: Rex Kamstra collection, via 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, 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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