BONNER COUNTY
SCOTCHMAN PEAK
Kaniksu National Forest
56N-3E-21
56N-3E-21
1922: Alidade (Kresek)
c.1926: A D-6 cupola cabin built.
1950's: Abandoned (Kresek)
DESIGNATION - SCOTCHMAN LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - TO0960
STATE/COUNTY- ID/BONNER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SCOTCHMAN PEAK (1989)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1936 (LCJ)
ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES AIR LINE AND ABOUT 8 MILES BY ROAD AND
TRAIL NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF CLARK FORK, IDAHO, ON THE
HIGHEST PART OF A SHARP-POINTED AND ROCKY PEAK, LOCALLY KNOWN
AS SCOTCHMAN PEAK.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE TOWN OF CLARK FORK, IDAHO, FROM
A DIRT ROAD INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 3 (A STANDARD OIL
SERVICE STATION IS AT THIS INTERSECTION), GO NORTH ON DIRT
ROAD FOR 0.5 MILE, TAKE RIGHT FORK, CONTINUE FOR 1.0 MILE TO
THE ANTELOPE RANGER STATION, THENCE 0.9 MILE AND TURN LEFT, GO
0.7 MILE, KEEP LEFT, GO 0.2 MILE AND TURN RIGHT AT SIGN
SCOTCHMAN L.O., GO ABOUT 300 FEET AND TURN LEFT UP GRADE (ROAD
IN POOR CONDITION THOUGH PASSABLE), FOLLOW THIS ROAD 1.4
MILES TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL AT AN ABANDONED LOG
HOUSE. A GOOD SPRING OF FRESH WATER IS JUST EAST OF A
SMALL BOARD CORRAL. FOLLOW TRAIL WHICH TAKES OFF IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION JUST SOUTH OF THE SPRING, TO STATION, A PACK OF ABOUT
THREE HOURS. STOCK CAN BE TAKEN TO A POINT JUST BELOW THE
STATION.