Warner Mountain Lookout — Oakridge
U.S. Forest Service · Warner Ridge, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, USA
Photo: U.S. Forest Service – Pacific Northwest Region / Wikimedia Commons (public domain), taken 28 October 2008; also published by Street Art Utopia in You Can Sleep Here (8 Photos).
Warner Mountain Lookout is a replica of an old cupola-style lookout on Warner Ridge in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest. Source Source Checked It is a winter rental, November to May; the road is not plowed, and guests ski, snowshoe or snowmobile 2 to 10 miles to reach it. Source Source Source Checked An Oregon lookout inventory dates the present lookout to 1986. Source Reported
Standing — the Forest Service page marked the site open, with stays November to May, when we checked on 14 November 2026; the newest dated photograph is from 28 October 2008. Source Source Checked
💡 4 things to know
- A replica of an old styleThe Forest Service describes it as a replica of an old cupola-style lookout. Source Checked
- Winter onlyStays run November to May, by reservation only; walk-ins are not allowed. Source Checked
- 2 to 10 miles on snowThe road is not plowed or maintained for winter travel, so the last 2 to 10 miles are on skis, snowshoes or snowmobiles. Source Source Checked
- A room on a 40-foot towerRecreation.gov describes a 14-by-14-foot cabin on a 40-foot tower with a catwalk, for up to four people. Source Checked
📍 Where it is
On Warner Ridge, about 75 miles southeast of Eugene, near Oakridge and the Middle Fork of the Willamette River. Source Source Checked
Opens the map at the latitude and longitude on the Forest Service page.
🗓️ Sightings
- 1986
Year listed in an Oregon lookout inventory · Cheryl Hill
- 200828 Oct
Photographed in snow · Commons
- 202614 Nov
Site open, winter rental · USFS
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
✅ The facts
- Elevation
- About 5,300 feet (the inventory lists 5,723) Source Source Conflicting
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- U.S. Forest Service, Willamette National Forest — Warner Mountain Lookout
- Recreation.gov — Warner Mountain Lookout
- Travel Oregon — Warner Mountain Lookout
- Cheryl Hill — Oregon’s standing lookouts (inventory)
- Wikimedia Commons — Winter at Warner Mountain Lookout Tower, U.S. Forest Service – Pacific Northwest Region, 28 October 2008 (public domain)
- Hero image: the photograph credited above (U.S. Forest Service – Pacific Northwest Region, 28 October 2008, public domain), as published by Street Art Utopia; the 16:9 share image is made from it.
Last checked: November 14, 2026 · How we verify art
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