Nick Tolman was enjoying his second day at Bolan Mountain Lookout with his 3-year-old daughter, in September 2020, when he noticed a puff of smoke on the southern horizon. It wasn’t much to begin with ...

Now a Baltimore County man who owns a cattle ranch in Oregon has revived a bygone tradition to defend his property. Tim Roberts, who lives in Sparks, hired Maryland cabinetmakers to build a replica ...

Oregon has about 20 lookout cabins where you can spend the night and experience a unique lodging with incredible views and solitude. I stayed at Drake Peak fire lookout in September in southern Oregon ...

Oregon coast campers will have another option this summer. Cape Lookout State Park reopened its summer reservations Tuesday, as the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department pushed a long-awaited ...

With mountaintop settings, serene isolation and an expansive view, fire lookouts in the Willamette National Forest have plenty to offer. As new methods for spotting fires have evolved over the last ...

For the past three years, I’ve been on a quest to spend a night at each of Oregon’s mountaintop lookouts, and this night it’s Hager Mountain Lookout. One of four lookouts open for rental during winter ...