Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout

| nrhp_type =

| image = Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout in Summer.jpg

| caption = Gobbler's Knob Lookout in summer 2022

| nearest_city = Nisqually Entrance, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|46|47|39|N|121|54|48|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Washington

| built = 1933

| architecture = Rustic style

| added = March 13, 1991

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500707|title=Mt. Rainier National Park MPS}}

| refnum = 91000191{{NRISref|version=2009a}}

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The Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower in the extreme western region of Mount Rainier National Park at an elevation of {{convert|5485|ft|m}}.{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Craig|title=The Fire Lookouts of Mount Rainier National Park|url=http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2011/01/fire-lookouts-mount-rainier-national-park7466|work=National Parks Traveler|publisher=National Geographic|date=January 23, 2011}} One of four fire lookouts remaining in the park, the lookout is used for visitor services during summer weekends. The building is about {{convert|14|ft|m}} by {{convert|14|ft|m}}, and was designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and designs under the supervision of Acting Chief Architect Edwin A. Nickel. It was built in 1933. The two-story structure features a balconied lookout on the second level, with storage on the ground level. Cables secured to deadmen keep the lookout from blowing over.{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=David|title=Pacific Northwest Regional Office Inventory: Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout|publisher=National Park Service|date=September 30, 1982}} The lookout was extensively damaged in a 2006 storm, along with Mount Fremont Fire Lookout. They've since been repaired.{{cite web|title=2006 Windstorm Damage - Fire Lookouts|url=https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=C875FA9B-155D-4519-3EBDACCC129CE36E|publisher=National Park Service|date=2006}}

The lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.

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|File:Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout.jpg

|Gobbler's Knob Lookout with 2006 storm damage, since repaired

|alt1=Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout in a state of disrepair, covered in snow and missing its roof.

|File:View of Mt. Rainier from Gobbler's Knob.jpg

|The southwest face of Mt. Rainier as viewed from the summit of Gobbler's Knob

|alt2=A snow-covered Mt. Rainier in the distance flanked by a sea of green trees with bare rock and shrubs in the foreground.

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