Clam Mountain Lookout Weyerhaeuser #2

This lookout was labeled on maps as Weyerhaeuser #2 although it was called the Clam Mountain Lookout since it was located near the summit of Clam Mountain, just over the county line in Lewis County. This site was a wooden live-in tower built in 1940 and abandoned in the 1950s. There appears to be nothing there in the 1952 aerial photos. A 1941 USGS survey party said the station mark was located at the center of a cabin on wooden lot that had been logged. The area had been logged again around 2007 but during my visit in 2018, the trees were still quite small around the site. The 2 footings I saw had been moved a considerable distance to make room for the last timber haverst equipment that used the site as a landing. If the trees were larger, I would not have noticed the footings (on left as you arrive on the landing).

A motorized permit gets you right to the lookout site. For non-motorized permits, I parked at the Sorenson Road Gate. From Yelm, take the Bald Hill Road SE to the Clear Lake area. Then turn right on Sorenson Road. In under a mile, a Weyerhaeuser mainline will cross the road where the road turns to dirt. Both sides of the road will have gates. Park out of the way and use maps/GPS. My map is approximate and shows two different routes in case one is being logged.

Clam Mountain Lookout (Weyerhaeuser #2)