KING COUNTY
GRASS MOUNTAIN
State Division of Forestry
20N-8E-21
20N-8E-21
1936: A 100-foot tower erected.
Activated: March 7, 1942; Deactivated: October 16, 1943. Seattle Filter Center.
August 10, 1943: Air Warning Service Station "Jig 4-9" was inactivated. The station used existing facilities operated by the State and private land. The AWS added a portable 14 by 32 cabin to the improvements. At the end of service the State retained the site for continued use for fire detection, the portable cabin was moved to Goodwater where the State desires to retain the building. (Report of the Aircraft Warning Service Stations, May 1, 1944)
1956-58: A lookout was completed on Grass Mountain during the biennium. (1st Biennial Report of the Washington Department of Natural Resources)
Removed
DESIGNATION - GRASS MTN LO
PID - SX1580
STATE/COUNTY- WA/KING
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CYCLONE CREEK (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955
LOCATED ABOUT 9.0 MI E. OF ENUMCLAW, 4.5 MI SSW. OF EAGLE GORGE,
2.0 MI N. OF WHITE RIVER. AT STATE DEPT. OF FORESTRY GRASS
MOUNTAIN LOT.
TO REACH FROM INTERSECTION OF COLE AND GRIFFIN STREETS IN
ENUMCLAW, DRIVE 0.5 MI SE. ON GRIFFIN STREET TO JCT. WITH U.S.
HWY. 410. TURN LEFT 5.5 MI E. ON U.S. HWY. 410 TO SCATTER CREEK
TRUCK TRAIL LEFT LEADING N. PASS THROUGH YELLOW STEEL GATE OF
WEYERHAUSER TIMBER CO. ALONG SCATTER CREEK TRUCK TRAIL 9.7 MI
FOLLOWING MAIN RD. TAKE LEFT FORK UPHILL 0.3 MI. TAKE RIGHT FORK
0.1 MI. TAKE RIGHT FORK 1.2 MI TO TOP OF RIDGE IN PROMINENT
SADDLE. TAKE SHARP LEFT TURN UP RIDGE ALONG RD. 0.6 MI TO
STATION. (KEY AND PERMISSION TO USE SCATTER CREEK TRUCK TRAIL
OBTAINED AT WHITE RIVER MILL ABOUT 3 MI E. OF ENUMCLAW ON U.S.
HWY. 410