WASHINGTON LOOKOUTS
MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN
Chelan National Forest
34N-19E-23
34N-19E-23
July 23, 1932: “A total of 76 radio sets of the short wave types recently tested out by the forest service are being installed in the Chelan forest according to R.E. Johnson, dispatcher at the Winthrop ranger station.
The 11 large sending and receiving sets are being installed at Okanogan, where the forest supervisor is located, and at the following lookout station: Midnight Mountain." (The Wenatchee World)
The 11 large sending and receiving sets are being installed at Okanogan, where the forest supervisor is located, and at the following lookout station: Midnight Mountain." (The Wenatchee World)
Removed
DESIGNATION - MIDNIGHT LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - TQ0454
STATE/COUNTY- WA/OKANOGAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MIDNIGHT MTN (1969)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (WRH)
STATION IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF MIDNIGHT MTN, IN THE CHELAN
NATIONAL FOREST, AIRLINE, ABOUT 12-1/2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
WINTHROP, 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE METHOW RIVER AND 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TWISP.
MIDNIGHT LOOKOUT HOUSE IS A STANDARD FOREST SERVICE BUILDING. THE
POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE PEAK OF THE ROOF.