Fire Lookout - Famous Fire Lookouts

Famous Fire Lookouts

Famous people who have worked as fire lookouts include:

• Jack Kerouac, whose books The Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels and Lonesome Traveler include accounts of his job as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascades during the summer of 1956.
• Edward Abbey, who was a fire lookout at Mt. Harkness (1966; Lassen National Park), Atacosa (1968; Coronado National Forest), North Rim (1969–1971; Grand Canyon National Park), Numa Ridge (1975; Glacier National Park), and Aztec Peak (1977–1979; Tonto National Forest).
• Doug Peacock, who was a fire lookout at Huckleberry and Scalplock in Glacier National Park from 1976 to 1984.
• Gary Snyder, who was a fire lookout at Crater Peak and Sourdough Mountain in the North Cascades.
• Philip Whalen, who was a fire lookout on Sourdough Mountain and Sauk Mountain in the North Cascades.
• Norman Maclean, who chronicled his experience in USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky