Trail Length: 6.2 miles round trip
Trailhead Options: Dunraven Pass or Chittenden Road parking area
Features: Panoramic views, interpretive exhibits, and a staffed fire lookout
Yellowstone National Park
Mount Washburn Fire Lookout
Wyoming
Horse Butte Lookout Trail | West Yellowstone
Trail Length: 4 miles round trip
Trailhead Options: About 8 miles from West Yellowstone on Rainbow Point Road
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Historic 40-foot fire lookout, views of Hebgen Lake and Henrys Lake Mountains
Trailhead Options: About 8 miles from West Yellowstone on Rainbow Point Road
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Historic 40-foot fire lookout, views of Hebgen Lake and Henrys Lake Mountains
Huckleberry Mountain Fire Lookout | Jackson
Trail Length: Approximately 10 miles round trip
Trailhead Options: Bridger-Teton
National Forest
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
Features: Historic fire lookout built in 1938, panoramic views
Trailhead Options: Bridger-Teton
National Forest
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
Features: Historic fire lookout built in 1938, panoramic views
Clay Butte Lookout | Cody
Trail Length: 5.2-mile out-and-back trail
Location: About 46 miles from Cody on the Beartooth All-American Highway
Difficulty: Moderate
Features: Historic fire lookout built in 1942, scenic vantage point
Open Season: Tentatively opens July 1, 2025
Location: About 46 miles from Cody on the Beartooth All-American Highway
Difficulty: Moderate
Features: Historic fire lookout built in 1942, scenic vantage point
Open Season: Tentatively opens July 1, 2025
Mount Washburn Fire Lookout with communication infrastructure. Photo courtesy of NPS / Bret DeYoung
The Garnet Mountain Fire Lookout is one of many U.S. Forest Service cabins available throughout the state to rent by the general public. Photo by Graham Goff
Montana
Garnet Mountain Fire Lookout | Bozeman
Trail Length: 4.5 miles one-way
Difficulty: Strenuous
Features: Panoramic views of surrounding peaks and valleys, Lookout tower available for overnight stays ($65 per night as of 2025), Accessible year-round (winter access requires skiing, snowshoeing, or snowmobiling).
Difficulty: Strenuous
Features: Panoramic views of surrounding peaks and valleys, Lookout tower available for overnight stays ($65 per night as of 2025), Accessible year-round (winter access requires skiing, snowshoeing, or snowmobiling).
Cinnamon Mountain Trail | Big Sky
Trail Length: 4.0 miles one-way
Difficulty: Difficult
Features: Old fire tower at the summit of Cinnamon Mountain
Difficulty: Difficult
Features: Old fire tower at the summit of Cinnamon Mountain
View from Cinnamon Mountain Fire Lookout. Photo courtesy of Derek Lennon
