IDAHO COUNTY  (M-W)

MAGRUDER MOUNTAIN

Bitterroot National Forest  -  27N-13E-3

MAMMOUTH MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-8E-33

MAPLE LAKE

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-14E-18

MARBLE POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-4E-34

MARSHALL POINT

Payette National Forest  -  24N-5E-33

MAXWELL POINT

Payette National Forest  -  24N-5E-2

McCONNELL MOUNTAIN

Clearwater National Forest  -  35N-12E-23

MEADOW CREEK

Payette National Forest  -  29N-12E-30

MEEKER RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-12E-7

MIDDLE BUTTE

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-8E-9

MINK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-11E-11

MOCCASIN POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  24N-7E-12

MOCUS POINT

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-11E-25

MOE PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-15E-26

c.1921:   camp

MOUNT AURA

Bitterroot National Forest  -  29N-13E-3

1930's:  camp

MOUNT GEORGE

Bitterroot National Forest  -  30N-15E-30

MOUNT HARRINGTON

Bitterroot National Forest  -  25N-12E-1

c.1930:  60-foot pole tower with a 7x7 cab.

1940:  40-foot pole tower with L-4 cab.

1955:  Destroyed

MUD CREEK

Clearwater National Forest  -  33N-6E-4

MULE CREEK POINT

Payette National Forest  -  24N-12E-8

NELLIE MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-6E-21

1930's:   camp

NELSON POINT   (MILL CREEK)

Payette National Forest  -  23N-7E-10

NEZPERCE PEAK

Bitterroot National Forest  -  28N-15E-27

NICK WYNN MOUNTAIN

Bitterroot National Forest  -  28N-14E-8

1940:   L-4 cab

1955:   destroyed

NIPPLE MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-7E-33

1931:   40-foot tower with L-6 cab, L-4 ground cab.

1968:   destroyed

NOLAN POINT (KITCHEN RIDGE)

Salmon National Forest - 23N-14E-36

NORTH POLE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  27N-6E-26

NUT BASIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-2E-11

O'HARA POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-8E-29

1935:   20-foot tower with L-4 cab

c.1955:   destroyed

OLD MAN POINT

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-9E-20

OREGON BUTTE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-6E-12

OTTER BUTTE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-10E-11

c.1934:   30-foot tower with L-4 cab.

1955:   destroyed

PARACHUTE RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  29N-12E-25

1934:   camp

PETE FORK

Clearwater National Forest  -  35N-7E-9

PETERSON POINT

St. Joe National Forest  -  32N-7E-35

1937:   camp

1941:   abandoned

PETTIBONE RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-14E-6

PILOT KNOB

Nez Perce National Forest  -  30N-6E-28

PORTERS MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-8E-27

PROSPECT POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  30N-10E-15

1930's:   camp

PUZZLE POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  30N-10E-15

QUARTZ RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-4E-13

QUARTZITE BUTTE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-6E-8

1930:   frame cupola cabin.

1940's:   abandoned

RABBIT POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-9E-20

1930:   log cupola cabin

c.1950:   destroyed

RAINBOLD RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-5E-35

c.1930:   camp

1940:   abandoned

RAINY CREEK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  26N-11E-7

1939:   camp

RAINY DAY POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-6E-15

c.1930:   camp

1942:   abandoned

RAMEY RIDGE

Payette National Forest  -  22N-10E-33

RANGER PEAK

Clearwater National Forest  -  37N-16E-36

1960's:   ?

RHODA POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  34N-11E-16

1981:  "The first time that this emergency lookout was ever manned was in 1937 when Ranger Millard Evenson was in charge of the district.  That year William Pointer and a two man crew built a telephone line from End Butte out to Rhoda Point.  The three men set their tent camp on the ridge near the point and on a boulder-strewn hilltop they built a 20-foot-high observation tower.
     A short distance from the tower they built a cabin of peeled logs with a split cedar shake roof.  The cabin was only about 8x10 feet in size and was primarily for off-season storage of camp equipment to avoid packing everything back to the ranger station or horse camp cabin.  It was also used for sleeping quarters by the lookout man.  Cooking was done under a tent and fly out front.
     Daland Broker manned the point during the 1938-39 seasons.  In 1938 he was given two helpers to build a telephone line on down to Doe Point, another emergency lookout.  With the two men to help he also cleared the fire break around Rhoda Point tower and cabin.  The lookout was manned through the 1941 season then dropped from the fire plan."  (Louis Hartig, 'Historic Facilities of the Lochsa Ranger District' - 1981)

ROCK CREEK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-4E-12

1939:   camp

1951:   abandoned

ROCK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-15E-10

1930's:   camp

ROCK RABBIT POINT

Payette National Forest          

ROCKY POINT

Payette National Forest  -  25N-11E-20

ROCKY POINT

Clearwater National Forest  -  37N-14E-2

ROCKY RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-8E-19

ROOTS KNOB

Payette National Forest  -  23N-12E-16

ROUND TOP MOUNTAIN

Lolo > Clearwater National Forest  -  37N-15E-20

ROUNDTOP

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-9E-7

1930's:   log cabin

SABE MOUNTAIN

Bitterroot National Forest  -  27N-12E-23

1930's:   tent camp

1949:   abandoned

SABLE HILL

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-10E-14

1933:   50-foot tower with L-4 cab.

c.1958:   destroyed

SALMON MOUNTAIN

Bitterroot National Forest  -  26N-13E-3

SALMON MOUNTAIN

1928:   log cupola cabin.

1949:   L-4 cab

SAVAGE RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-16E-16

1929:   14x14 log cabin

1972:   destroyed

SAWYER RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest

1987:  The lookout tower was sold as surplus property and was moved to a private location.

SCHOENFIELD RIDGE

Bitterroot National Forest  -  29N-15E-35

SEABURG POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  25N-3E-25

1925 - U.S. Forest Service

SHASTA POINT

Nez Perce National Forest

SHEARER PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  36N-13E-7

SHEEP HILL

Nez Perce National Forest  -  26N-11E-15

SHEEPEATER MOUNTAIN

Payette National Forest  -  24N-9E-27

SHISSLER PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  33N-12E-27

SILVER RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-5E-13

SIMMONS RIDGE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  29N-10E-8

SKOOKUM BUTTE

Clearwater National Forest  -  38N-17E-1

SLATE POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  26N-3E-7

SMITH BUTTE

Clearwater National Forest  -  37N-9E-26

SMITH KNOB

Payette National Forest  -  23N-8E-31

1958:   A new R-6 cab was constructed on a cinder block base.

September 3, 2008:  The removal of the lookout was completed.  Due to the use of lead based paint the contract for removal required special treatment and the ensuing costs were $19,835.00.

SNOWY SUMMIT

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-7E-33

SODA CREEK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-10E-33

SOURDOUGH PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-5E-27

1928 - U.S. Forest Service

SPLIT CREEK POINT

Clearwater National Forest  -  33N-9E-5

1931:  A 30-foot timber tower with an L-4 cab constructed.

1934:  The lookout was destroyed in the Pete King Fire and was never rebuilt.

1981:  "Earl Bollman and Delbert Cox built a 30-foot tower on the ridge in 1931.  In 1934, the structure was destroyed by fire and the point was dropped from the fire plan."  (Louis Hartig, 'Historic Facilities of the Lochsa Ranger District' - 1981)

SPONGE MOUNTAIN

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-11E-29/30

1981:  "Gold Meadows lookout was manned for the last time in 1938.  The next year the tent camp was set up two miles south of Gold Meadows, at Sponge Mountain and that point was used for the observation station.  Camp was near the Fish Lake Saddle-Mocus Point telephone line so a phone was tied in.  Sponge Mtn. was manned through the 1941 season and then abandoned.  No structures were ever built at this point."  (Louis Hartig, 'Historic Facilities of the Lochsa Ranger District' - 1981)

SPOT MOUNTAIN

Bitterroot National Forest  -  28N-13E-4

SPREAD CREEK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest

SQUARE MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  26N-5E-8

SQUAW PEAK (wahoo)

Nez Perce National Forest  -  33N-14E-36

STANLEY BUTTE

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-11E-33

1981:  "Stanley was manned as a lookout point for the first in 1921 when Marion Strine and an unidentified companion were moved up there and set up housekeeping in a tent camp.  In 1922, fire guards, including lookout Strine, built a 12' x 14' log cabin about 200' NW from the mountain top.
     A post on which to fit a Koch mapboard was wedged into the rock outcrop on the very top of the butte, in time a puncheon floor was laid around the post and a safety railing was installed.  Lightning protection was added in the 1930's and later yet an Osborne firefinder replaced the Koch Board.
     The cabin eventually acquired a hardwood floor, ceiling and walls covered with shiplap lumber.  Also installed were mouse-proof cabinets for storage- no more mouse droppings in food and dishes.
     In 1949 young Jim Mitchell manned the place for the last season.  The cabin was condemned and burned in 1954." 

STEAMBOAT PEAK

Payette National Forest  -  22N-6E-29

STEEP HILL

Bitterroot National Forest  -  27N-16E-20

STILLMAN POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-8E-4

STODDARD CREEK POINT

Salmon National Forest  -  22N-14E-28

SWARTZ MEADOW

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-3E-8

SWET LAKE

Salmon National Forest - 25N-13E-11

THREE CREEK PEAK

Payette National Forest  -  23N-2W-4

THREE LINKS POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  33N-11E-31

THREE PRONG MOUNTAIN

Nez Perce National Forest  -  28N-12E-12

TONY POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-12E-33

TRAPPER TRAIL

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-6E-17

TROUT PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  33N-13E-32

TWIN BUTTE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-14E-35

UMBRELLA BUTTE

Nez Perce National Forest  -  30N-15E-35

VAN CAMP

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-8E-32

1981:  "Late in the 1925 fire season, Middlefork District Ranger Ray Ferguson sent firemen Earl Whitney and Russell Stadtman to Van Camp to man the point as a lookout for the remainder of the summer.  The two men set their tent camp near a water supply in the first saddle north of Van Camp about 3/8 mile from the lookout point.  They made regular morning and evening patrol trips to the point, except following lightning activity when more time was spent on lookout duty.  When weather conditions permitted they brushed trail toward Middle Butte.
     Van Camp is not a prominent point, it is flat topped and was at that time covered with scattered, low growing brush with no trees to obstruct the view.  The men had no mapboard or lookout map, if a smoke was spotted a smokechaser map was oriented flat on the ground and an azimuth bearing taken with a pocket compass.
     A photo taken in 1927 shows a lookout tree with a observation platform 50 feet or so above the ground."

VANCE POINT

Bitterroot National Forest  -  30N-15E-35

VERMILLION PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  30N-11E-19

WALDE MOUNTAIN

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-7E-30

August 15, 2011 - Ron Kemnow photo

LQ - August 15, 2011 - Ron Kemnow photo

1981:  "A 100' steel tower with a glass-enclosed observatory at the top was built on the mountain by the Nezperce National Forest in 1939 at a cost of $5143.00.  Material for the structure was hauled in either by way of Suttler Creek or Glenwood to Mystery Saddle, then over a newly built shoo-fly road to the top of the mountain.  In 1941, a 14'x16' well built log cabin with a shake covered roof, that projected 6' over a plank floored porch, was built for lookout living quarters by the same forest at a cost of $219.00.  The new cabin was located only a few feet from the steel tower.  The point was transferred from Middlefork District to Lochsa District by a boundary change in 1956.
     The lookout was last manned in 1979 and was abandoned.  The log cabin was condemned and burned in 1979, though the steel tower still stands."  (Louis Hartig, 'Historic Facilities of the Lochsa Ranger District' - 1981)

WALL PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest

WAR EAGLE

Payette National Forest  -  23N-5E-24

WAUGH (LOST PACKER)

Bitterroot National Forest  -  25N-14E-19

WEASEL POINT

Nez Prece National Forest  -  32N-11E-34

WEITAS BUTTE

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-8E-10

WENDOVER RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  37N-13E-15

WEST FORK POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-7E-23

WHITE SAND

Clearwater National Forest  -  36N-16E-23

WILLOW RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  35N-8E-13

1981:  "The point is located at the end of Trail #237, going in by way of Fish Creek.  It was used as a lookout for the first time in 1929 when Ranger Ralph Hand, who was putting in his last season on Lochsa District, set a tent camp and one man on the ridge.  For communication a telephone line was strung in from Obia cabin.
     By 1930 Ranger Fred Shaner had taken over the District and under his direction, a pre-cut, L-4 lookout cabin was packed to the ridge and Earnest Hartman with Harry Chenoweth went up and put it together.  It was built on log sills flat on the ground, no understory or tower.  The station was manned each season until 1934 when the big fire reduced the cabin to ashes.  Willow Ridge was never manned again, mainly due to the lack of anything to protect."  (Louis Hartig, 'Historic Facilities of the Lochsa Ranger District' - 1981)

WITTER RIDGE

Bitterroot National Forest  -  26N-13E-26

WOLF POINT

Nez Perce National Forest  -  32N-11E-33

WOOD HUMP

Bitterroot National Forest  -  26N-14E-36

WOODRAT MOUNTAIN

Clearwater National Forest  -  33N-5E-24

WOUNDED DOE RIDGE

Clearwater National Forest  -  34N-11E-12

WYLIES PEAK

Nez Perce National Forest  -  31N-12E-33