POLLOCK MOUNTAIN
Adams County - Payette National Forest - 21N-1W-1
1911: Camp (Kresek)
June 29, 1917: "Don Douglas left for Pollock, Idaho Monday, on the Salmon River, where he has a position with the Nez Perce National Forest Reserve as a lookout guard." (The Kendrick Gazette)
1930: A metal ground cabin. (Kresek)
DESIGNATION - POLLOCK MTN LOOKOUT HOUSE
PID - RA1307
STATE/COUNTY- ID/ADAMS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - POLLOCK MOUNTAIN (1963)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966 (CAA)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF NEW MEADOWS,
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF POLLOCK AND IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF
POLLOCK MOUNTAIN.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN NEW MEADOWS, GO N ONE
BLOCK TO U.S. HIGHWAY 95, TURN RIGHT AND GO ON HIGHWAY 95 FOR 11.70
MILES TO A STEEL BRIDGE OVER LITTLE SALMON RIVER. IMMEDIATELY
AFTER CROSSING BRIDGE, TURN SHARP LEFT AND GO ON DIRT ROAD FOR 2.1
MILES TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK FOR 0.4 MILE TO
ANOTHER FORK, KEEP TO THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 4 MILES TO THE
ENTRANCE TO SMOKEY CAMP GROUNDS. CONTINUE ON ROAD FOR 0.25
MILE TO END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AND ALSO END OF ROAD. PASS THROUGH THE
WIRE GATE AND TAKE THE TRAIL NW AS PER SIGN POLLOCK MT. 5 AND GO
ABOUT 4 MILES TO CROSS TRAILS IN THE SADDLE AT THE TOP OF THE
DIVIDE, KEEP RIGHT AS PER SIGN POLLOCK MT. L.O. AND GO NE ON
TRAIL FOR ABOUT 1 MILE TO LOOKOUT HOUSE AND STATION. WATER IS
TO BE HAD SHORTLY BEFORE REACHING THE DIVIDE.
STATION IS A 16 X 16 FOOT SQUARE, METAL BUILDING, 8 FEET HIGH AND IS
PAINTED WHITE.
THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE LIGHTNING ROD LOCATED IN THE TOP
CENTER OF THE ROOF OF THE LOOKOUT.