VALLEY COUNTY
ACORN BUTTE
Payette National Forest
21N-11E-11
21N-11E-11
1933: A 14 x 14 lookout ground house constructed.
1975: The last season the lookout staffed.
August 2000: The lookout destroyed in a forest fire.
DESIGNATION - ACORN
PID - QZ0677
STATE/COUNTY- ID/VALLEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - ACORN BUTTE (1973)
STATION RECOVERY (1961)
LOCATED IN SECTION 11, T 21 N, R 11 E, ON TOP OF ACORN BUTTE, ABOUT
1.5 FT. W. OF STEPS AT ENTRANCE OF USFS LOH.
TO REACH FROM BIG CREEK RANGER STATION, DRIVE E. 2.1 MI. TO T-RD.
WHERE RD. CROSSES SMITH CREEK, TAKE RIGHT FORK (RD. DOWN BIG CREEK)
11.4 MI. TO CROOKED CREEK, TURN LEFT (NE.) UP CROOKED CREEK 3.8 MI.
TO END OF TRUCK RD. AT SNOWSHOE MINE. HIKE ABOUT 2.25 MI. UPSTREAM
ALONG PACK TRAIL ON CROOKED CREEK TO CRESCENT MEADOW, TURN RIGHT (S.)
AT TRAIL FORKS AND TAKE PACK TRAIL S. ABOUT 0.5 MI. TO TRAIL FORKS
(LEFT FORK TO COXEY CREEK, RIGHT FORK TO ACORN BUTTE), TAKE RIGHT
FORK (W.) ABOUT 2.25 MI. TO HIGHEST POINT OF TOP AND STATION.