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225, Washington 28
Wenatchee National Forest
Kittitas County, Washington
Elevation: 5168'
Coordinates: N47.30154 W120.760629
Administrative Unit: U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators: Cle Elum Ranger District & Friends of Red Top Lookout
Date Registered: 8 /6 /1997
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On August 26,1997, a group of lookout enthusiasts gathered at Red Top Lookout
on the Wentachee National Forest in Washington to dedicate the lookout on the
NATIONAL HISTORIC LOOKOUT REGISTER. The event capped a two-year restoration
effort by the Friends of Red Top Mountain and the Cle Elum Ranger District.
The L-4 wooden cab with catwalk on a 10’ timber tower had been battered by 45
years of weather and was beginning to show it. It replaced a D-6 cupola ground
house built in 1928. The lookout is now back in active service both for fire
detection and a public information site for the 350 million year-old jasper
geodes which are found nearby.
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