PECK MOUNTAIN
Adams County - Payette National Forest - 18N-2W-29
1919: The site established with an open platform 30 feet in the top of a tree. A small cabin was constructed for living quarters. Later the platform was covered with a roof.
1934: A 45 foot Aermotor steel tower with a 7x7 steel cab erected
September 2007: The tower dismantled and put into storage at the Council Ranger Station to await a future location.
DESIGNATION - PECK MTN LOT
PID - QB1392
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ADAMS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - PECK MOUNTAIN (1986)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1954
LOCATED ABOUT 12.5 MI. NW. OF COUNCIL AND 1.5 MI. NNE. OF THE HORNET
CREEK RANGER STATION AT THE FOREST SERVICE PECK MTN. L.O.T.
TO REACH FROM COUNCIL POST OFFICE, DRIVE W. ON HORNET CREEK ROAD FOR
8.4 MI. TO RD. FORKS, TAKE LEFT FORK 5.6 MI. TO HORNET CREEK RANGER
STATION, CONTINUE ON MAIN TRAVELED RD. 2.1 MI. TO PECK MTN. L.O. ROAD,
AT SIGN --2.0 PECK MTN. L.O.--, PROCEED RIGHT (E.) UP MOUNTAIN FOR 1.9
MI. TO HIGHEST POINT AND STATION.
STATION MARK AND SIGNAL--CENTER OF PECK MTN. L.O.T. PEAK OF L.O.H.
IS 55.9 FT.