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Hoodoo Ridge Lookout

Coordinates: 45°56′52″N 117°36′40″W / 45.947647°N 117.611016°W / 45.947647; -117.611016
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Hoodoo Ridge Lookout
The historic Hoodoo Ridge Lookout station
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Location of the Hoodoo Ridge Lookout in Oregon
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Hoodoo Ridge Lookout (the United States)
LocationUmatilla National Forest, Walla Walla Ranger District, Oregon
Nearest cityTroy, Oregon
Coordinates45°56′52″N 117°36′40″W / 45.947647°N 117.611016°W / 45.947647; -117.611016
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
NRHP reference No.15000273[1]
Added to NRHPMay 26, 2015
Hoodoo Ridge Lookout Station ground cabin and garage

The Hoodoo Ridge Lookout is a historic fire lookout in the Umatilla National Forest (Walla Walla Ranger District) near Troy, Oregon, in the United States.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on May 26, 2015.[1]

Built starting in 1925 and operating until the 1970s, the site served as a United States Forest Service fire lookout. The district includes three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The site contains a 1925 crows nest, a 1933 lookout tower, a 1933 cabin and garage, and an outhouse that may have been contemporaneous.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 5/26/15 through 5/29/15". National Park Service. June 5, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Site Information: Hoodoo Ridge Lookout". Oregon Historic Sites Database. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  3. ^ Rechel D. Kline (June 27, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hoodoo Ridge Lookout" (PDF). Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 28, 2015.