IDAHO COUNTY
BAT POINT
Nez Perce National Forest
26N-10E-19
26N-10E-19
1934: An L-6 cab built atop a 60-foot pole tower.
1957: The tower destroyed.
DESIGNATION - BAT
PID - QZ0667
STATE/COUNTY- ID/IDAHO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WHITEWATER RANCH (1987)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (JTJ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NEZPERCE NATIONAL FOREST, ABOUT
10 MILES, AIRLINE, SE OF THE RED RIVER RANGER STATION, ABOUT
3-1/2 MILES, AIRLINE, NNE OF THE DALE RANCH, ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES,
AIRLINE, WNW OF THE ALLISON RANCH AND THE SALMON RIVER, AND ON A
TIMBERED RIDGE BENEATH THE BAT POINT LOOKOUT TOWER.
THE STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN A 1- BY 1-FOOT
BOULDER, STAMPED BAT 1945.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM ELK CITY, GO E ON THE DARBY ROAD
FOR 13.3 MILES TO THE RED RIVER RANGER STATION, CONTINUE ON THE
DARBY ROAD FOR 0.9 MILE TO A FORK AND SIGN DARBY 113 - GREEN MTN.
18. DALE RANCH - DIXIE, ETC. TAKE RIGHT FORK AS PER SIGN DALE
RANCH AND CONTINUE FOR 4.4 MILES TO A FORK AND SIGN DALE
RANCH - DIXIE, ETC. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD (LEFT FORK) FOR
8.2 MILES TO BAT CREEK, CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE OR ABOUT
1/4 MILE BEFORE REACHING BIG MALLARD CREEK TO A TRAIL AND SIGN
BAT POINT TRAIL ON THE LEFT, AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. AT THE
END OF TRUCK TRAVEL CONTINUE ON TRAIL E FOR ABOUT 4 MILES
TO A FORK AND SIGN BAT PT. L.O. 1 MILE, TAKE LEFT FORK AND
CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 1 MILE TO THE BAT POINT LOOKOUT AND
STATION.