The Waldo Mountain fire lookout is located atop

Waldo Mountain Waldo Mountain is a summit in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States. with an elevation of . It is in the Waldo Lake Wilderness and the Willamette National Forest. The mountain and nearby Waldo Lake were named for John B. Waldo, an Oregon ...

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Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. It comprises . Over 380,000 acres (694 mi2, 1,540 km2) are designated wilderness which include seve ...

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. The original fire lookout tower was built on this site in 1926 and was a small cabin. In 1929 a cupola style lookout replaced the cabin. The current flat top lookout was built in 1956. The lookout is currently unstaffed and no longer a functioning lookout. This is hike #90 in William Sullivan's ''100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades''.Sullivan, William. ''100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades'' Eugene, Oregon: Navillus Press 2007 Sullivan describes the hike as a difficult loop with a 2,000' elevation gain.

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