OREGON BUTTE
Columbia County - Umatilla National Forest - 7N-41E-4
August 14, 1953: "Spike Armstrong has a lookout on Oregon Butte who has made an ingenious pack saddle for his big dog Shadrack. The dog packs water and groceries to the lookout. It works fine until a snowshoe rabbit crosses the trail in front of Shadrack." (Umatilla National Forest News)
DESIGNATION - OREGON BUTTE LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - RZ1679
STATE/COUNTY- WA/COLUMBIA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - OREGON BUTTE (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS OCCUPIED STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE, WHICH
STANDS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF OREGON BUTTE, ABOUT 30 MILES AIR
LINE E OF WALLA WALLA AND 8 MILES N OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON STATE
LINE.
REFERENCE MARK IS A DISK SET IN LARGE ROCK NEAR DOOR TO LOOKOUT
HOUSE, NW OF THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE N 16 DEG 02 MIN W.
TO REACH FROM DAYTON, DRIVE S 30 MILES TO GODMAN SPRINGS RANGER
STATION, THEN GO E 5.5 MILES ON THE OREGON BUTTE ROAD TO END OF
CAR TRAVEL. FROM THIS POINT CONTINUE 2.5 MILES BY TRAIL TO SUMMIT.
STATION RECOVERY (1946)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (JTS)
STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE SITUATED ON THE
HIGHEST PART OF OREGON BUTTE ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF WALLA WALLA,
WASHINGTON AND 8 MILES NORTH OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON STATE
LINE. IT IS A HIGH FLAT BUTTE OF THE DIVIDE BETWEEN WENAHA
RIVER AND TUCANNON RIVER WATER SHEDS. THE TOP OF THE BUTTE
IS PRACTICALLY BARE OF TIMBER. THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS PROMINENT
AND EASILY DISTINGUISHED.