Mount Fremont Fire Lookout

The Mount Fremont Fire Lookout is a fire lookout in the northern region of Mount Rainier National Park at an elevation above 7,000 feet (2,100 m), the highest in the park.[2] One of four fire lookouts remaining in the park, the lookout is used for visitor services during summer weekends. The building is about 14 by 14 feet (4.3 by 4.3 m), and was designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and designs under the supervision of Acting Chief Architect Edwin A. Nickel. It was built in 1933. The two-story structure features a balconied lookout on the second level, with storage on the ground level. Cables secured to deadmen keep the lookout from blowing over. The Park Service was assisted during construction by the Emergency Conservation Works Association.[3] The lookout was extensively damaged in a 2006 storm, along with the park's Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout. They've since been repaired.[4]

Mt. Fremont Fire Lookout
Mount Fremont Fire Lookout in summer 2022
Mount Fremont Fire Lookout is located in Washington (state)
Mount Fremont Fire Lookout
Nearest citySunrise, Washington
Coordinates46°56′2″N 121°40′28″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1934
Architectural styleRustic style
MPSMt. Rainier National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.91000193 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1991

The lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.[1]

  • A roofless Mount Fremont Fire Lookout following the 2006 storm damage, since repaired
    A roofless Mount Fremont Fire Lookout following the 2006 storm damage, since repaired
  • Fremont Fire Lookout as viewed from Grand Park
    Fremont Fire Lookout as viewed from Grand Park

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Romano, Craig (January 23, 2011). "The Fire Lookouts of Mount Rainier National Park". National Parks Traveler. National Geographic.
  3. GGF (September 30, 1982). "Pacific Northwest Regional Office Inventory: Mount Fremont Fire Lookout" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012.
  4. "2006 Windstorm Damage - Fire Lookouts". National Park Service. 2006.
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