Nannie Peak & Nannie Ridge Lookout Site
Lookout elevation: 6,106 feet
Elevation Gain: 2,100+ feet
Distance: 3.5 miles
Access: Good Gravel
Nannie Peak is one of the easiest peaks in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It's considerably lower than most of the others, so it is more like a hike to get a good view of the Goat Rocks peaks. The summit has a mix of trees and meadows. You have to hike to both the south and north ends to get the full view. The north end has a perfect mountain view of the higher peaks while the south view is of Mount Adams and the location of a former fire lookout.
Access
West of Packwood 2.7 miles is Forest Road 21. Follow this very good gravel road for 21 miles then take a left on paved Forest Road 2160 and follow to lake. The route should be signed.
Route
The trailhead sign says the Nannie Ridge Trail is just 70 yards down the Walupt Lake Trail. Walk it and turn left on Nannie Ridge Trail #98. Now its 3 miles of forested walking uphill to the crossing of the Nannie ridgeline. Look for the old lookout trail cutting left. The main trail will be dropping down and there will be a camping spot on the right. Follow the lookout trail up the ridge, below some cliffs and up to the forested summit. For views of the Goat Rocks, go right, for the lookout site go left.
North 2015
+6 feet
North 1936 (+16 feet)
Goat Rocks from the north viewpoint
Southeast 2015
Southwest 2015
View from the lookout to a fire east of Mt. Adams
I just happened to take the same image in 2015 as the one below in 1944
Located in the area of the 1936 North panoramic
Lookout location with foundations
Meadows and forests up near the summit are really nice
High lake along Nannie Rdige
Along the trail
Another old post
Lookout History
In 1933-34, an L-4 cab was built. The crew that built the lookout got snowed in during the construction.
In 1936, panoramic images were taken at 16 feet above the ground.
In the 1940s, the lookout was abandoned. In the 1960s, the cab was removed or burned.
More to come when found.
Irma and Elaine Boyer (mother and daughter).
Nannie Lookout 1944
Entering the Goat Rocks Wilderness sign
Southeast 1936
Southwest 1936
1940 Columbia National Forest Map
1937 Goat Rocks Primitive Area Map
