The Dodger Point Fire Lookout was built in 1933 in Olympic National Park as a fire observation station. The single-story frame structure is located on the peak of

Dodger Point Dodger Point is a mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of Washington state. Description Dodger Point is part of the Bailey Range, which is a subrange of the Olympic Mountains, and is set within the Danie ...

above the timber line at an elevation of . Measuring by , it is clad in wood clapboards and has a simple pitched roof covered with wood shakes. Large windows on all four sides are covered by awning-style wood shutters. It was built by the

U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...

in what was at the time Olympic National Forest, possibly with assistance from the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the lookout was used as an Aircraft Warning Service station. Dodger Point and Pyramid Peak Lookout are the only such stations remaining in Olympic National Park out of thirteen constructed. The Dodger Point Lookout was placed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on July 13, 2007.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Washington Government buildings completed in 1933 Towers completed in 1933 National Register of Historic Places in Olympic National Park Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Washington Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Civilian Conservation Corps in Washington (state) Aircraft Warning Service Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Washington 1933 establishments in Washington (state)