About Fall Mountain Lookout
As the afternoon slides into evening, gaze across the valley from your perch on the Fall Mountain Lookout. Watch as flashes of lightning cut jagged white lines through the dusky light. As quickly as it appears, the summer heat storm rolls away and the setting sun peaks beneath a blanket of clouds in a blaze of gold and orange. The next morning stand in the same spot and search the distance for any tails of smoke curling up between the timbers. Welcome to the life of a lookout. This rustic one-room cabin, with windows all around is atop an 18-foot tower with a wooden catwalk. Unlike most lookouts, Fall Mountain Lookout is wired for electricity and is equipped with electric lights, heating, cook stove and refrigerator. It is furnished with a futon bed. There is no water available on site; visitors must bring plenty of water for drinking, cooking and washing. A vault toilet is located near…
- Fees: $40 per night per group, with a maximum of two occupants. Fees are used directly for the maintenance and preservation of the lookout.
- Season: May 6 – October 31
- Managed by: USFS - Malheur National Forest
- Where: 9 mi southwest of Canyon City, OR · 44.2852, -119.04551
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Apr.
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Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 9.3 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Starr Campground 2.3 mi
- Campsite · 9 mi N of Seneca 2.3 mi
- Tepee Area 9.3 mi
- Clyde Holliday Campground 9.3 mi
- Hiker/Biker 9.4 mi
- John Day Trailer Park 10.1 mi