About Fivemile Butte Lookout
Number of accommodations: 1
Nearby Activities & Attractions
Hiking
Hunting
Mountain Biking
Skiing
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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On Site Services
- Propane
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001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
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Reviews (88)
What Guests Are Saying
Fivemile Butte Lookout offers stunning panoramic views and a cozy, well-stocked facility with essential cooking supplies and a wood stove. Access via snowshoeing is straightforward in winter, though guests should be prepared for snow and bring their own sheets and toilet paper. Overall, visitors have enjoyed memorable experiences, with clean accommodations and beautiful scenery, despite minor issues like missing silverware and occasional flies.
What Guests Are Saying
Fivemile Butte Lookout offers stunning panoramic views and a cozy, well-stocked facility with essential cooking supplies and a wood stove. Access via snowshoeing is straightforward in winter, though guests should be prepared for snow and bring their own sheets and toilet paper. Overall, visitors have enjoyed memorable experiences, with clean accommodations and beautiful scenery, despite minor issues like missing silverware and occasional flies.
Review Summary
brad p
VerifiedJuly 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Awesome!
Tom W
VerifiedJuly 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Great place and great views. Love being able to mountain bike straight from camp.
Bryony M
VerifiedApril 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
The experience and views are what you are hoping for with this lookout! Definitely be prepared for winter conditions still, we stayed 4/22/22. The road to Billy Bob Sno-park was pretty much clear, but the snow started there. We tried both the eight mile trail and road. The trail is in sloppy shape at this point and there are better views of the mountains from the road.
Bryony M
VerifiedApril 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
The experience and views are what you are hoping for with this lookout! Definitely be prepared for winter conditions still, we stayed 4/22/22. The road to Billy Bob Sno-park was pretty much clear, but the snow started there. We tried both the eight mile trail and road. The trail is in sloppy shape at this point and there are better views of the mountains from the road.
Scott D
VerifiedApril 20, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Beautiful views, middling hard hike in, no running water. The rangers and (most) guests do a great job keeping this place nice.
Thank you Minah D for leaving the small pot. It worked great!
Scott D
VerifiedApril 20, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Beautiful views, middling hard hike in, no running water. The rangers and (most) guests do a great job keeping this place nice.
Thank you Minah D for leaving the small pot. It worked great!
Minah D
VerifiedMarch 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
DO NOT FOLLOW GOOGLE MAPS IN WINTER! Follow directions from Dufur. Leave it better than you found it.
I read in one of my books that you need the NW Forest Pass and I checked with the ranger and that's what they said. But at the sno park it says sno park pass. You may want to recheck with the ranger again.
There was barely enough skiable snow but it was still fun on XC skis. The lookout is well stocked with large pot for melting snow, tea kettle, pans, and I donated a small pot which I hope will stay there forever! (please don't take!) Bring your own utensils.
Recommendations: bring slippers
Minah D
VerifiedMarch 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
DO NOT FOLLOW GOOGLE MAPS IN WINTER! Follow directions from Dufur. Leave it better than you found it.
I read in one of my books that you need the NW Forest Pass and I checked with the ranger and that's what they said. But at the sno park it says sno park pass. You may want to recheck with the ranger again.
There was barely enough skiable snow but it was still fun on XC skis. The lookout is well stocked with large pot for melting snow, tea kettle, pans, and I donated a small pot which I hope will stay there forever! (please don't take!) Bring your own utensils.
Recommendations: bring slippers
Brooke K
VerifiedFebruary 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
I absolutely love five mile butte lookout. It has a special place in my heart! It’s hard work to get there, but so worth it.
Tip: do not follow google maps in the winter. Go to Dufur and proceed from there. Any other route to billy bob snow park will take you to dead ends :)
Limited pots and pans and silverware. Hopefully this summer, someone can bring up a few more things to enhance the set up.
Brooke K
VerifiedFebruary 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
I absolutely love five mile butte lookout. It has a special place in my heart! It’s hard work to get there, but so worth it.
Tip: do not follow google maps in the winter. Go to Dufur and proceed from there. Any other route to billy bob snow park will take you to dead ends :)
Limited pots and pans and silverware. Hopefully this summer, someone can bring up a few more things to enhance the set up.
Location Fivemile Butte Lookout
Address:
6780 Highway 35
Mt. Hood, OR, 97041
United States
From Dufur, Oregon, travel west on Valley Road for about 18 miles to the junction of Forest Service Roads 44 and 4430, at Billy Bob Sno-Park (the road may be plowed to the Sno-Park). Turn right on Forest Service Road 4430-120, then turn left and follow to the spur road 122. There is a gate that you will have to unlock (in winter months the gate is left open), then follow the 122 road to the end. The route is approximately 3 miles and is marked with orange and blue diamond shaped blazers. This route is not plowed, signed or patrolled.
Forest Service Roads 44 and 4430 are closed from the junction of Forest Service Roads 44/4430 to Highway 35, from Dec. 1st through April 1st, prohibiting motorized vehicles over 48 inches wide without a permit. During this time and later into the year depending on snow levels, visitors should park at Billy Bob Sno-Park and hike, ski, snowshoe, or snowmobile 3 miles to the lookout. A Northwest Forest Pass is required park at the Sno-Park. Maps are available online or for purchase by calling the Barlow Ranger District.
The nearest major road is Highway 35, which is approximately 18 miles from the junction of Forest Service Roads 44 and 4430.
Latitude & Longitude: 45.4101 / -121.469
Elevation: 1414 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
