KINNEY POINT
Adams County - Payette National Forest - 21N-3W-11
1920's: Camp (Kresek)
1932: A L-4 cabin was constructed. (Kresek)
1951: The lookout burned. (Kresek)
July 15, 1953: "C.J. Olsen, regional head of the Forest Service, Ogden, will be the principal speaker at the Wilson Price Hunt celebration at Hells Canyon Sunday.
More than 1,000 spectators are expected to attend the fete at Kinney Point, lookout over the mile deep Snake River gorge." (The Post-Register)
Removed
DESIGNATION - KINNEY
PID - RA1349
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ADAMS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WHITE MONUMENT (1990)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1945 (JTJ)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE W END OF AN E-W RIDGE, LOCALLY KNOWN
AS KINNEY POINT, ABOUT 5.5 MILES ENE OF CUPRUM, 12.4 FEET SW OF
THE SW CORNER OF A LOOKOUT HOUSE, AND 37.3 FEET SSE OF A 12-INCH
PINE TREE.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE DARLAND HOTEL IN CUPRUM, GO NE
0.8 MILE TO A Y AND SIGN READING LOCKWOOD SADDLE 5, HORSE
MTN. L.O. 6, HELLS CANYON VIEW. TAKE LEFT FORK 4.8 MILES TO A
T-ROAD LEFT, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD 2.3 MILES TO A T-ROAD RIGHT
AND SIGN READING SOUTH PEACOCK MINE 1/2 MILE. CONTINUE ALONG
MAIN ROAD 0.4 MILE TO A Y. TAKE LEFT FORK 0.1 MILE AND THE
AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT AS DESCRIBED. CONTINUE ALONG THIS
ROAD 0.4 MILE AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.