Darrington, Washington · Snohomish County · Facility
The Green Mountain Lookout is located in the western portion of the 573,000-acre Glacier Peak Wilderness near Darrington, Wash. It was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is one of a few lookouts still used by the US Forest Service as an administrative site. The lookout building is locked and unavaila…
The Green Mountain Lookout is located in the western portion of the 573,000-acre Glacier Peak Wilderness near Darrington, Wash. It was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is one of a few lookouts still used by the US Forest Service as an administrative site. The lookout building is locked and unavailable for public use.History and chronologyMap
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