Kloshe Nanitch Lookout

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Kloshe Nanitch Lookout
General information
TypeHistoric Fire Lookout
LocationOlympic National Forest
Coordinates48°04′51.24″N 124°04′44.76″W / 48.0809000°N 124.0791000°W / 48.0809000; -124.0791000
Construction started1920s
Completed1920S

Kloshe Nanitch Lookout was built in the 1920s as a look out to spot fires in the Lake Crescent area of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The current structure is a replica of this structure, providing views of Lake Crescent, Mount Olympus (Washington), Lake Pleasant (Washington), and the . It is located within the Olympic National Forest. The site has picnic tables, vault toilet and garbage facilities. There is no water available at the site.

Motto: Kloshe Nanitch (Keep a good lookout or ever watch).

In October 2012, the replica lookout was removed due to heavy vandalism and a lack of money to restore it. It was constructed in 1997 and many have said that it wasn't very well built to begin with.

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