An old fire lookout stands at the summit of Black Butte, with Three Fingered Jack in the distance. The mountain views start halfway up the side of Black Butte, and only get better from there ...

Fivemile Butte Lookout is on a 40-foot drive-up tower in the eastern part of the Mount Hood National Forest; available for rental all year (when it reopens after a temporary closure). The forest ...

When the Sand Mountain Society volunteers arrived at Whisky Peak in 1989, the lookout had been vacant for about 15 years and was likely facing a decommission by fire.