Wender·Vista
Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileColorado · United States
high on the Rampart Range, southwest of Denver

Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile

— a room above the trees, still watching for smoke.

Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
a note from the studio

The last staffed fire lookout in Colorado. A small cabin set on a granite outcrop at 9,748 feet, reached by a mile and a half through ponderosa and then 143 stairs bolted to the rock. Views on a clear day run to Pikes Peak in the south, to the plains and Kansas in the east, and west to the Tarryalls and the Kenoshas. The station has been in service since 1912. The Rampart Range Road closes around December and opens again in April. Listed on the National Register in 1991.

from the studio
shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in
shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in
— bring it home

Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

comes gift-ready
comes gift-ready

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

or build a grouping
or build a grouping

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

about Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
the place

Devil's Head Lookout sits at 9,748 feet on a granite pinnacle at the south end of the Rampart Range in Pike National Forest, Douglas County, Colorado. The trail (#611) climbs 865 feet over 1.4 miles from the trailhead off Rampart Range Road, with a final climb of 143 stairs bolted into the rock to reach the cabin. The nearest town is Sedalia, about ten miles east on State Highway 67. The South Platte Ranger District manages access; the road is open from roughly April through November. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

the air

On a clear day the view from the cabin reaches roughly a hundred miles in every direction. Pikes Peak lifts above the southern horizon. The Tarryall, Kenosha, and Platte River ranges stand red and bare to the west. Denver and the eastern plains run out toward Kansas. The cabin itself sits on a pinnacle of Pikes Peak granite, the same coarse pink granite that forms the Garden of the Gods and the summit blocks of Pikes Peak. The Rampart Range is the eastern rampart of the Front Range, the buffer between the high country and the city below.

the year

The first lookout went up on the summit in 1912, with the current cabin built in the summer of 1951 by the Forest Service. It is the last staffed fire lookout still operating along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The tower is open with a watchstander from roughly mid-June through October, the dry months of the fire season. When the road closes around December 1 the cabin sits empty above the snow line until April. The first watchstanders worked from a small shed with a fire-finder table and a telephone, anchored to the rock.

where
United States · Douglas County, Colorado
within
Pike National Forest
elevation
2,971 m · 9,748 ft
position
39.2604° N · 105.1018° W
the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
16 km E
Sedalia
town
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Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile
Sedalia
common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Devils Head Lookout Front Range Ceramic Art Tile — and about bringing the piece home.
about the place

Devil's Head Lookout stands at 9,748 feet on the south end of the Rampart Range in Pike National Forest, Douglas County, Colorado. The trailhead is on Rampart Range Road, about ten miles west of Sedalia by way of State Highway 67.

The name comes from the distinctive double-knob summit formation, which nineteenth-century travelers along the Front Range thought resembled the horned head of a devil. The granite outcrop is the highest point of the Rampart Range.

Yes. Devil's Head is the last staffed fire lookout still operating along the Front Range of Colorado. A watchstander works the cabin from mid-June through October each year. The site has been in continuous use since 1912.

The Devil's Head Trail (#611) runs 1.4 miles one way, with 865 feet of elevation gain. The last stretch from the lookout keeper's cabin to the tower itself is a climb of 143 wooden stairs bolted into the granite.

On a clear day the view runs roughly a hundred miles in every direction. Pikes Peak rises to the south, the Tarryall and Kenosha ranges stand to the west, and Denver and the eastern plains stretch out toward the Kansas line.

The first station went up on the summit in 1912 as one of the Forest Service's original Front Range lookouts. The current cabin was built in the summer of 1951. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

The tower is open during daylight hours, roughly mid-June through October. The Rampart Range Road that leads to the trailhead is closed by December 1 each year and reopens around April 1, depending on snow conditions.

about the piece in your home

Yes. Devil's Head is a well-loved Front Range landmark, especially among Denver hikers and anyone who has climbed the 143 stairs to the cabin. A Coaster Set or Small carries well in a card. A Medium or Large reads as a piece of home for someone who has left Colorado.

The piece sits well with Mountain-modern, Cabin-craftsman, and Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms. The stained-glass blues and the warm pink granite tones work with both wood-and-leather interiors and clean bright walls. It does not need a rustic frame to land.

A single Large carries a sofa or a console table on its own. For a longer wall, a 4-tile Mural or a 9-tile Mural opens the scene into a full panorama. The smaller sizes (Keepsake, Coaster, Small) sit better on shelves and bedside tables.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and built for steam and splatter. The Glossy finish is best kept dry, on a wall or in a frame. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not fade with cleaning.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water is all the tile needs. No abrasives, no solvents, no scouring pads. The image is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives beneath a thin glossy or satin finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, curated and hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Devil's Head piece is part of the Colorado collection, produced in-house and finished by the studio. Nothing in the catalog is licensed from a third party.

Yes. Mountain-modern and Cabin-craftsman rooms have been moving toward warmer palettes and away from cold greys and antlers. The Front Range pinks and the deep stained-glass blues of this tile carry that warmer register and read as a place, not a stock pine-and-snow scene.

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