VALLEY COUNTY
PARKS PEAK
Payette National Forest
20N-8E-31
20N-8E-31
Removed
DESIGNATION - PARKS
PID - QZ0705
STATE/COUNTY- ID/VALLEY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PARKS PEAK (1979)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (CAA)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF PARKS PEAK AT AN
ELEVATION OF 8822 FEET. IT IS 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURGDORF, 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG CREEK RANGER STATION AND 5 MILES NORTH OF
YELLOW PINE.
THE STATION WAS VISITED BY HELICOPTER AT THIS TIME AND THE
TRUCK ROUTE TO THE STATION WAS NOT FIELD CHECKED.
TO REACH FROM THE SOUTH FORK GUARD STATION, TAKE ELK SUMMIT ROAD
TO THE SOUTH FORK OF ELK CREEK AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL.
PACK SOUTH ON THE WEST FORK-SOUTH FORK ELK CREEK TRAIL TO
TRAIL DIVISION. FOLLOW RIGHT ON THE WEST FORK ELK CREEK FOR
ABOUT 7.0 MILES TO TRAIL JUNCTION. FROM TRIANGULATION STATION
PROFILE, PACK WEST FOR ABOUT 5.0 MILES TO THE HIGHEST POINT
AND THE STATION.
STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED PARKS 1959, CEMENTED
IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A SMALL BOULDER WHICH IS ABOUT
FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE AND IS SURROUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION
OF AN OLD LOOKOUT HOUSE.