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Gobblers Knob Lookout

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The lookout was built in 1933, under the same contract and manner as Tolmie, Shriner and Fremont. This two-story structure has a 14x14 live-in cab with catwalk. The following year, in 1934 panoramic photos were taken from the building. The cab was staffed into the 1980's.
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Lookout Elevation 5,475 feet
Hiking Distance 5.5 miles one-way (Lake George Route)
Elevation Gain: 2,600 feet (Lake George Route)
Access: Paved
West Side Road Access:
One mile beyond the Nisqually Entrance of Mt. Rainier, take the West Side Road left. Follow it for 3 miles to the closure at Dry Creek. A winter-snow closure exists near the start of the West Side Road.
Forest Road 59 Access
From Ashford, go almost 3 miles, looking for FR-59 on the left; if you pass the Copper Creek Inn, you have traveled 0.2 miles too far. FR-59 starts paved and then switches to gravel. Go 2.8 miles, continue left at a junction. At 6.9 miles, there is another junction, go straight. Trailhead at end of the road at 8.3 miles.
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Looking SW in 1934
Looking North in 1934
Looking Southeast in 1934
1940 Columbia National Forest map
1950s hike up to Gobblers Knob Lookout
Winter 2007
1950s and 1960s images
I have been here twice as a kid but I have no photos since the weather was bad during both visits. So, enjoy these older photos I have collected.