The Osbornes Project

Lincoln County

East View, Chinquapin Lookout, Lincoln County (Unknown Photographer, September 16, 1936).              

Lincoln County has at least 16 historical lookouts, with six having Osborne panoramic photos taken from 1934 through 1937. Several of the lookouts were subsequently established during the early 1940s as observation points during WW II. Following the War, lookouts were often established in the vicinity of major logging operations for fire protection purposes. By the late 1960s almost all lookouts had been abandoned in favor of aerial surveillance.

This Lincoln County Fire Lookout Index Map is based on a 1956 Metsker landownership map. Red-lettered lookouts have had Osborne photos taken and used at these locations. Black lettering denotes historical Lookouts for which no Osbornes were taken, and blue-lettered Big Tip and Diamond Peak locations represent Lookouts that appear on Metsker maps, but for which no personal accounts, photos, or other documented histories have been found.

 ICON  LOOKOUT START   STOP TSP   RNG SEC   ELEV.
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  Baber Mountain  1936  1969  11 S.  09 W.  16  1,451
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  Blodgett Peak  1943  1953 14 S.  11 W.  18  1,054
 
  Cannibal Mountain  1934  1975  14 S.  10 W.  15  1,946
 
  Chinquapin  1934  1950  10 S.  08 W.  10  1,100
 
  Cougar Mountain  1931  1970  07 S.  10 W.  24  1,872
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  Euchre Mountain  1938  1971  08 S.  10 W.  35  2,446
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  Green Point  1939  1951  06 S.  10 W.  22  1,303
 
  Hilltop  1934  1950  12 S.  09 W.  11  1,392
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  Norton Hill  1939  1967  10 S.  08 W. 18  1,000
 Otter Crest  1936  1938  09 S.  11 W.  28  1,200
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  Rocky Top  1920  1950  07 S.  09 W.  9  2,890
 Saddlebag Mountain  1952  1969  06 S.  09 W.  35  3,100
 
  South Beaver  1934  1953  13 S.  11 W.  32  518
 Stodt Mountain  1953  1972  07 S.  09 W.  35  3,128
 Suncrest Point  1949  1960  08 S.  09 W.  14  1,986
 
  Table Mountain  1915  1973   13 S.  09 W.  6  2,820



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