GRANITE MOUNTAIN
Adams County - Payette National Forest - 20N-2E-10
1913: Camp (Kresek)
1916: 10-foot pole tower with 12x12 wood frame cab. (Kresek)
1954: A 20-foot treated timber tower with a L-4 cab. (Kresek)
DESIGNATION - GRANITE MTN LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - RA1297
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ADAMS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BRUNDAGE MTN (1963)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (JEG)
THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS A ONE STORY BUILDING WHICH IS 14 FEET SQUARE,
AND IS ELEVATED, PAINTED WHITE WITH A GREEN POINTED ROOF. IT IS 35
FEET HIGH.
THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT WAS USED.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE MAIN INTERSECTION IN MCCALL, GO WEST ON
MAIN STREET FOR 1.2 MILES TO A PAVED FORK, KEEP LEFT FORK, STATE
HIGHWAY 15, FOR 6.7 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD RIGHT AND SIGN GOOSE LAKE
RD. KEEP RIGHT AND FOLLOW DIRT ROAD FOR 4.8 MILES TO A FORK, KEEP
THE LEFT FORK AND GO 4.9 MILES TO A FORK AT THE GOOSE LAKE DAM,
CONTINUE AHEAD, ACROSS DAM, AND ALONG THE LAKE FOR 2.0 MILES TO A
T-ROAD WHICH IS JUST AFTER CROSSING A CREEK AT A CAMPGROUND, TURN
RIGHT AS PER SIGN, HAZARD LAKES 12 AND GO NORTH 0.7 MILE TO A
SIDE ROAD LEFT, TAKE THE LEFT FORK, GOING A SHORT DISTANCE TO A BARN
AND CORRAL, TAKE A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND GO UPGRADE INTO TIMBER FOR
0.6 MILE TO A SHARP CURVE IN THE ROAD AND THE END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL. PACK SOUTHERLY ON A TRAIL FOR ABOUT 125 YARDS TO TRAIL
FORK, KEEP RIGHT TRAIL AND PACK WESTERLY FOR ABOUT 2.0 MILES TO
THE HIGHEST POINT AND THE LOOKOUT HOUSE.