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Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout – Mount Rainier National Park WA

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

Photo: Wikimedia user: Murderbike Source Public domain 2009

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout

Project type: Fire Lookouts, Forestry and Agriculture, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Mount Rainier was the nation’s fifth National Park, established 1899. During the Great Depression the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps greatly aided the park’s development. The CCC constructed numerous fire lookout towers, including that atop Tolmie Peak in 1933. Elevation: 5,939 feet.

Source notes

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2011/01/fire-lookouts-mount-rainier-national-park7466

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 12, 2015.

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Location Info

Tolmie Peak
Mount Rainier National Park, WA

Coordinates: 46.957530, -121.880879

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