Needs to be gated in order to get peace from all the other visitors that show up. Such as we had over 12 vehicles show up in one day with each one loaded with people and dogs. I also recommend taking window cleaner due to all the dust from all the visitors and logging operations in the area. A pully system would be nice to have installed to help with bring up your coolers as to not leaving them down in your vehicle with all the other visitors at the tower on a daily basis. When I say no peace, I mean no peace and quiet to enjoy what would have been great nap time and sleep throughout the night. Or if ya do book this maybe a weekday would be better, but we rented from Saturday to Monday with the most visitors on Sunday.

Beautiful 360 views. Stars were amazing. The cabin has a gas stove with gas already hooked up, though we did most of the cooking at the base. There is a picnic table, fire ring and outhouse at the base on the edge of a gravel pull around. Not much privacy at the base with people parking or driving around. There is active logging on the mountain, with some noisy equipment. The paths around are FS, logging, or ATV trails. We drove to Feather Creek trail for a nice hiking trail. Tons of huckleberries, just starting to ripen in early July. Great unique spot!

Our family of 4 stayed for 2 nights and it was amazing. A couple things, yes people do come up to the lookout during your stay. Overall however our stay was pretty quiet. We had 2 set of grandparents with their grand kids come up on 4wheelers to pick huckleberries. They were very nice and didnt stay long. We did have a couple show up at midnight asking to come up the tower. I was not very happy and came out, pistol on hip and politely told them to get bent. The road is honestly not as bad as most say, we drive our 1 ton diesel. However I will say, the road to the lookout from the emida side is 100x faster, not as steep and narrow and smoother.