LANE COUNTY
DOME ROCK
Willamette National Forest
24S-3E-36
24S-3E-36
c.1936: A lookout house built.
1948: A 14x14, L-4 ground house constructed.
1967: "This lookout is hardly ever visited by tourists or anyone else. During extreme situations, we do use this station, but not normally." (Lookout Inspection Survey)
September 17, 1968: "Dome Rock destroyed 9-17-68. AD-112 will be in tonight's mail." (TT to Supervisors Office from Fire Control Officer, Rigdon)
DESIGNATION - DOME ROCK LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - PC0845
STATE/COUNTY- OR/LANE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - STALEY RIDGE (1997)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (HSC)
THE STATION IS THE APEX OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE LOCATED ABOUT 100
FEET BELOW THE HIGHEST POINT OF DOME ROCK. IT IS A STANDARD LOOKOUT
HOUSE BUILT OF WOOD AND RESTING ON THE GROUND.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 58 AND
THE MAIN STREET IN OAKRIDGE, GO SOUTHEAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 58 FOR
2 MILES TO RIGDON ROAD. TURN RIGHT, SOUTH, FOLLOWING RIGDON ROAD
FOR 21 MILES TO BIG PINE OPENING AND SIGN DOME RK L. O. THIS IS
THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK SOUTH ON THE DOME RK TRAIL FOR
5 MILES TO THE SUMMIT OF THE RIDGE AND THE STATION.