The Mount Fremont Fire Lookout is a fire lookout in the northern region of

Mount Rainier National Park Mount Rainier National Park is an American national park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preservi ...

at an elevation above , the highest in the park. One of four fire lookouts remaining in the park, the lookout is used for visitor services during summer weekends. The building is about , and was designed by the

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Branch of Plans and designs under the supervision of Acting Chief Architect Edwin A. Nickel. It was built in 1933. The two-story structure features a balconied lookout on the second level, with storage on the ground level. Cables secured to deadmen keep the lookout from blowing over. The Park Service was assisted during construction by the Emergency Conservation Works Association. The lookout was extensively damaged in a 2006 storm, along with the park's

Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout The Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower in the extreme western region of Mount Rainier National Park at an elevation of . One of four fire lookouts remaining in the park, the lookout is used for visitor services during summer wee ...

. They've since been repaired. The lookout was placed on the

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on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier

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, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.

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Government buildings completed in 1933 Towers completed in 1933 Buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington Buildings and structures in Mount Rainier National Park Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Mount Rainier National Park 1933 establishments in Washington (state) {{Washington-NRHP-stub