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How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific Northwest

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Just astounding! I have stayed at three of the lookout featured in the book, and they are every bit as wonderful as the book illustrates. This book is a must for the nature lover. I'm not much of a hiker or skier, so fortunately this book tells you how difficult it is to reach each lookout. And most all the lookouts are a mere $25-$40 a night! My lookout trips have been the best vacations I've ever had. Please, please pick up this book if you plan to be in Oregon for any length of time and love great scenery...

How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific Northwest is a valuable tool for exploring the beautiful backcountry of the Northwest! Authors Tom Foley and Tish Steinfeld have given a great gift to those of us in search of outdoor adventure. As a seeker of Oregon Stories within the landscape, I am enjoying this book immensely. I will include it in preparation of future sauntering and discovery!

This is a useful book, but you can now get the the same list of fire lookouts (including detailed descriptions, better pictures, driving directions, reservation links and current status) from the Forest Service [...]

Now in a newly updated and expanded second edition, How To Rent A Fire Lookout In The Pacific Northwest is the essential reference guide for anyone seeking to spend a weekend in a remote forest ranger lookout tower offering a bird's-eye view of the trees and clouds -- and an impressively memorable view of both sunrise and sunset. Covering a total of sixty-five cabins, guard stations, and fire lookouts available for rent in Oregon and Washington, the sites range from pleasant bungalows just off the road, to 60-foot towers deep in the wilderness. Travelers and vacationers can available themselves of lodging in these scenic, secluded and historic structures offering personal sanctuaries in private places. Information on rental procedures, cost, capacity, and dates of availability for all 65 locations are provided, along with website addresses for each property where available, detailed directions on finding them, tips on local attractions, cabin history, maps, and illustrations of each individual location. The collaborative work of Tish McFadden and Tom Foley, How To Rent A Fire Lookout In The Pacific Northwest is a unique, practical, and ideal planning resource.

I got this book because my daughter was moving across country - slowly - and needed cheap to free places to stay along the way. This book is excellent! It is very detailed and specific about where to go or stay, what to expect, who to contact etc. I highly recommend it for anyone ready for an adventure and wanting to get away from the crowds, massive chains of hotels, and off the beaten path - but be safe and secure at the same time. This is a great book for hikers, bikers, and wanderers.

This book is a great tool to locate outdoor shelters available to the public. This is the new updated version which has the latest pricing info. and great comparison charts between locations. However, I think it could use more maps and directions. Also, the older version of this book gave much better photos to help you understand what really to expect at these locations.

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According to the website there is another lookout for rent in Willamette, not in the book, called Gold Butte Lookout. Wow, I'm going for that one first! Whoa forget it it's [...] a night.

Ya know after looking at the Forest Service website I can tell you that you do not need this book. And in fact it looks like the authors just downloaded and printed the whole Recreation Rentals of the Pacific Northwest website. Oh well. ..... The website has better and more pictures. And you might, like I did, find more lookouts.

I had no idea you could rent a fire lookout! NEAT I'm looking into
7 - Five Mile Butte Lookout
11 - Green Ridge Lookout
16 - Indian Ridge Lookout
17 - Fish Lake Remount Depot Commissary Cabin
18 - Fish Lake Remount Depot Hall House
Unfortunately the closest ones to me - 17 and 18 are not lookouts.

Not all are fire lookouts. In fact the majority are cabins, bunkhouses, guard stations, work centers, one hideaway, and one tent [...]
The real fire lookouts naturally are only available during the off-season ....winter, nov. - june and might be hard to get to without skies, snowshoes or snowmobile.

From what pictures I see of Bald Butte Lookout in the Fremont Nat'l Forest you can get there in a wheelchair.

The pictures in this book are poor black and white draft quality photos.