WASCO COUNTY
CLEAR LAKE BUTTE
Mount Hood National Forest
5S-9E-7
5S-9E-7
1933: The first lookout station built on Clear Lake Butte of ring-connected timbers 103 feet high. Constructed by Ranger O.J. Johnson in 1933. (Studies -- Mt Hood National Forest, 1939 - Historical Information)
DESIGNATION - CLEAR LAKE BUTTE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - RC2252
STATE/COUNTY- OR/WASCO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WAPINITIA PASS (1996)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (WRH)
THE STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE ELEVATED LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE
SUMMIT OF CLEAR LAKE BUTTE IN THE HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. IT IS
LOCATED ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF GOVERNMENT CAMP, ABOUT
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAR SPRINGS GUARD STATION AND ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF
CLEAR LAKE. THE TOWER IS ABOUT 90 FEET IN HEIGHT AND IS
SURROUNDED BY TALL TIMBER ON ALL SIDES.