Clatskanie Mountain fire tower fully restored February 20 2021
The nearly 70-year-old fire tower will be ready for tours soon at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest.
It has taken more than 10 years to relocate the Clatskanie Mountain fire lookout tower to its new home at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Beavercreek.
But now, the tower is now ready for education programs at the forest and will be a unique place for children and adults to learn about the history of lookouts and their role in wildland fire control throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The Clatskanie Mountain fire lookout tower stands 65-feet tall. At the top is a 7-foot-by-7-foot cabin surrounded by a catwalk. The tower was originally erected in 1954 as part of the Oregon Department of Forestry s fire protection program in the north Oregon Coast Range east of Astoria.