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About Fivemile Butte Lookout
Number of accommodations: 1
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2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Campground Amenities
On Site Services
- Propane
001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Site Details
Reviews (90)
What Guests Are Saying
Fivemile Butte Lookout offers a charming and well-maintained experience, with stunning views and a cozy, fully stocked cabin. Visitors enjoyed hiking trails, beautiful wildflowers, and the warmth of the wood stove. While some noted issues with cleanliness and access codes, the overall sentiment highlights its appeal as a peaceful retreat in nature.
What Guests Are Saying
Fivemile Butte Lookout offers a charming and well-maintained experience, with stunning views and a cozy, fully stocked cabin. Visitors enjoyed hiking trails, beautiful wildflowers, and the warmth of the wood stove. While some noted issues with cleanliness and access codes, the overall sentiment highlights its appeal as a peaceful retreat in nature.
Review Summary
Roger E
VerifiedFebruary 6, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Spent two nights. Snow shoed up the trail from Billy Bob Snopark. Snow and a bit of rain. But the final night the stars came out and in the morning we could see Mt Hood, Mt Adams and Mt Rainier, as well as the fog over the Columbia Gorge. Wonderful. Cabin is in excellent condition. The best lookout we've experienced in Oregon.
Roger E
VerifiedFebruary 6, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Spent two nights. Snow shoed up the trail from Billy Bob Snopark. Snow and a bit of rain. But the final night the stars came out and in the morning we could see Mt Hood, Mt Adams and Mt Rainier, as well as the fog over the Columbia Gorge. Wonderful. Cabin is in excellent condition. The best lookout we've experienced in Oregon.
grant c
VerifiedJanuary 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Best weekend ever!!!
grant c
VerifiedJanuary 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Best weekend ever!!!
Larry R
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Great lookout
Larry R
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
Great lookout
Heidi W
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
We had a great Halloween trip there. Thank you!
Kei E
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
The pulley system was awful. The metal basket weighed too much. The rope wasn't right.
Absolutely beautiful location. I cherish the friend lookout towers we get to stay in.
Heidi W
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
We had a great Halloween trip there. Thank you!
Kei E
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA FIVEMILE BUTTE LOOKOUT
The pulley system was awful. The metal basket weighed too much. The rope wasn't right.
Absolutely beautiful location. I cherish the friend lookout towers we get to stay in.
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.
Elevation: 1414 feet
23 mi drive to downtown Mt. Hood (about 50 min)
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Last updated: September 7, 2026
