1 of 13 | Mount Rainier from the catwalk of the Mount Fremont lookout. (Terry Wood) Mount Rainier National Park was once home to eight fire lookouts.

A helicopter flight last week to check on and repair park radio repeaters revealed the Mount Fremont Fire Lookout in similarly battered condition.

A historic fire lookout atop Mount Harkness in Lassen Volcanic National Park was destroyed Saturday night in the Dixie Fire.

In 1915, U.S. Forest Service ranger Elijah “Lige” Coalman built a fire lookout cabin on the summit of Mount Hood. The cabin is the subject of a new documentary.

Fivemile Butte Lookout is on a 40-foot drive-up tower in the eastern part of the Mount Hood National Forest; available for rental all year (when it reopens after a temporary closure). The forest ...

MOUNT TAMALPAIS (KPIX) -- Marin County is one the few places in the Bay Area still using "fire lookouts" on days with high fire danger. The view from the top of Mount Tamalpais comes with more ...

The Bald Mountain Fire Lookout is the tallest lookout tower on the Fremont-Winema Forest. Ron Rommel has been staffing the tower since 2019.

A fire lookout with a panoramic view of the Cascades and Mount Rainier needs some TLC.

The 91-year-old Mount Harkness fire lookout, a bulwark of Lassen National Park, has been destroyed by the Dixie Fire.

The Flag Point fire lookout, a popular camping rental for outdoor enthusiasts, has been closed to the general public. Officials with the Mt. Hood National Forest blame vandalism, the tower's ...

Larry Levy, a retired carpenter, is now a fire lookout on Mt. Tamalpais and here he points out the many geographical landmarks near San Francisco on Friday, September 14th, 2012. The view from the ...

Lake County’s Mount Konocti fire lookout part of tower revival trend The Mount Konocti fire lookout on Clear Lake’s western shore has reopened, mirroring a nationwide effort to revive such towers.