Pickett Butte Lookout in OR -- Campground & RV Camping

Pickett Butte Lookout is a 12x12 cabin elevated 40 feet above the ground on a steep tower, offering views of the Jackson Creek Drainage from 3,200 feet up. The 1948 structure sleeps one with a single bed and includes a propane heater, cook stove, refrigerator, propane lanterns, and a ground-to-cab pulley system. An outdoor vault toilet is located at the tower base. There is no water or trash service on site; visitors must haul in all water and supplies.

Getting there: Important note regarding GPS use: please be advised that GPS units can, and have sent guests down the wrong roads to access the lookout. Please consider following the directions below rather than your GPS unit. Directions: From Canyonville take West 1st Street and turn onto SE 3rd St/OR-227. Continue to follow OR-227 approximately 23 miles until you reach Tiller. From Tiller take Douglas County Road #46 for 3 miles to the Pickett Butte turn off which is marked as Forest Service Road #3113 (on the right across the bridge). Follow Forest Service Road #3113 approximately 5 miles up to the 300 Spur Road sign (#3113-300). Take the 300 Spur Road up to the lookout (2 miles). The road to the lookout is not snow plowed. Please use caution during winter months. Pickett Butte's elevation is 3,200 feet and does receive snow. The road to the lookout is not plowed. While very uncommon, during winter months guests may need to snowmobile, ski or snowshoe up to three miles to reach the lookout.

• Well separated here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads.

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