Mount Rainer Lookout

In the Report of the Director of the National Park Service 1919 to 1920:

"A fire-lookout station should be constructed on the summit of Mount Rainier. The Forest Service has advocated such a station and would cooperate in its construction and furnish two observers or lookouts. The lookout station at Anvil Rock, at an elevation of 9,584 feet, is the most important observation point in the Rainier National Forest, and many fire have been located from this point. The park service shares in the benefit and protection afforded by this station, as well as the Forest Service and the general public. A lookout station on the summit, at an elevation exceeding 14,000 feet, would be of still greater service in the location of forest fires than the one at Anvil Rock. As a protection to parties making the summit climb, a shelter building at the top of the mountain would be of great value and might easily result in the saving of life in case of accident or physical exhaustion. The weather observations that would be obtained at this station could be of material value to the United States Weather Bureau. The Forest Service has indicated their willingness to contribute toward the cost of this building. The Anvil Rock station was built entirely at the expense of the park service." (Report of the Director of the National Park Service)

Mount Rainer Lookout - Considered