LICK CREEK POINT |
Adams County - Payette National Forest - 20N-1W-6
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1932: A L-4 cab atop a first floor of log cribbing. (Kresek)
1978: A R-6 cab. (Kresek)
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - LICK CREEK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - RA1344
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ADAMS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BUTTERFIELD GULCH (1990)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1954
LOCATED ABOUT 15.0 MI. NW. OF NEW MEADOWS AND 10.0 MI. NNW. OF LOST
VALLEY RESERVOIR, ON A SPARSELY TIMBERED RIDGE BETWEEN RAPID RIVER
AND BOULDER CREEK.
TO REACH FROM PINE RIDGE STORE AND CABINS ON U.S. HIGHWAY 95, DRIVE
NW. ON LOST VALLEY ROAD FOR 2.7 MI. TO RD. FORKS AT SUMMIT, TAKE RIGHT
FORK 5.7 MI. TO RD. FORKS, TAKE LEFT FORK 3.6 MI. TO END OF RD. PACK
N. ON ABANDONED FOREST SERVICE TRAIL FOR 6.0 MI. TO LO AND STATION.
A 3 HR. HORSE PACK.
HINT--STATION CAN PROBABLY BE MORE EASILY REACHED FROM FOREST SERVICE
ROAD AT SMITH MOUNTAIN LO BY FOLLOWING TRAIL TO BEAR SADDLE, THENCE
ALONG TRAIL TO LICK CREEK LO.
STATION MARK--CENTER OF LO.
