Copper Mountain Fire Lookout

Copper Mountain Fire Lookout
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Newhalem, Washington
Coordinates	48°54′33″N 121°27′41″W / 48.90917°N 121.46139°WCoordinates: 48°54′33″N 121°27′41″W / 48.90917°N 121.46139°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1934
MPS	North Cascades National Park Service Complex MRA
NRHP Reference #	88003446[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1989

The Copper Mountain Fire Lookout was built in 1934 in what was then the Glacier Ranger district of Mount Baker National Forest. The cabin-like wood frame lookout is a frame cabin with large windows on each side protected by an awning-style shutter. A shingled gable roof with prominent lightning rods covers the cabin. The lookout measures 14.25 feet (4.34 m) by 14.25 feet (4.34 m) square. During the winter of 1943 the lookout was manned by the Aircraft Warning Service, watching for enemy aircraft. It is one of three lookouts remaining in North Cascades National Park from the Forest Service administration.^[2]

The Copper Mountain Fire Lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1989.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Luxenberg, Gretchen (Summer 1984). "Pacific Northwest Regional Office Inventory: Copper Mountain Fire Lookout/Copper Ridge Lookout" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 18, 2012.