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Fire lookout · Oneida County, Wisconsin

Jack Pine Lookout

1933 International Stacey fire tower in Oneida County, WI, administered by the DNR; NHLR-registered 2017; no staffing or access sources found.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower74-foot International Stacey tower with an internal leg ladderThe design: Other steel maker
Built of
SteelGoing by its design; no source says so in words.
Built
1933
Height
74 ft (22.6 m)
Elevation
1,580 ft (482 m)
Agency
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Land
Unknown
Location
Oneida County, Wisconsin
Coordinates
45.68003, −89.79803
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-wi-jack-pine

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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 BuiltNHLR build year; the NHLR detail page's 'Built' fieldSource: nhlr.org
  2. No record between 1933 and 2017
  3. 2017 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered June 9, 2017 as US 1194, WI 6Source: nhlr.org
  4. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Jack Pine Lookout is a 74-foot International Stacey tower in Oneida County, Wisconsin, built in 1933.1 The National Historic Lookout Register says the tower has an internal leg ladder and lists its elevation as 1,580 feet.1 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources administers it, and the Register accepted the tower on June 9, 2017, as US 1194, WI 6.1

The sources read do not say who staffed the tower or which fires it watched.

In 2016 the DNR planned to take 72 fire towers out of service, mostly in northern Wisconsin.2 The examples the article gives are all in Sawyer County, so the sources read do not show whether Jack Pine was one of the 72.2

The firelookout.org listing shows the tower as standing.3 The sources read give no access rules, and the record marks access as unknown, so anyone planning a visit should check with the DNR first.

  1. Jack Pine Lookout, National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org), http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/wi/jack-pine-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. "DNR will discontinue fire towers in 2016," Sawyer County Record (apg-wi.com), https://www.apg-wi.com/sawyer_county_record/sports/outdoors/dnr-will-discontinue-fire-towers-in-2016/article_99555dd8-b485-11e5-ae50-e70e7acc48a6.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Wisconsin lookout listing, firelookout.org, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/wi/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Jack Pine Lookout
Photo: Brian Ziegler, via National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, dates, photos, links National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.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. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- central US (centraluslookouts.weebly.com) Gave us: links centraluslookouts.weebly.com · No licence stated; facts only (county, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, status, height, design hints, register links). The site's own historical quotes, newspaper citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, 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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