BENEWAH COUNTY
TYSON PEAK
St. Joe National Forest
43N-1W-6
43N-1W-6
1934: Camp (Kresek)
1939: Tower with L-4 cab. (Kresek)
1956: The National Geodetic Survey indicates the tower had been removed prior to their survey of 1956.
DESIGNATION - TYSON
PID - SV1525
STATE/COUNTY- ID/BENEWAH
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - EMIDA (1994)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1956
NOTE--U.S. FOREST SERVICE L.O.T. HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS POINT.
TO REACH (REVISED IN PART) AS FOLLOWS
TO REACH FROM EMIDA, DRIVE SE. ON THE MAIN --CHARLIE CREEK ROAD-- FOR
2.3 MI. TO A Y-RD., TAKE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE FOR 2.6 MI. TO RD.
LEADING LEFT MARKED --TYSON PK.--, TAKE THIS RD. FOR 0.6 MI., THEN
TAKE LEFT FORK 0.4 MI. TO WHERE A SERIES OF BAD WASH-OUTS OCCUR.
(ONLY 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES CAN NEGOTIATE BEYOND HERE AND MAYBE NOT SV1525'EVEN BEYOND HERE AFTER ANOTHER SPRING SEASON). A 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS
DRIVEN ANOTHER 1.4 MI. TO WHERE FOREST SERVICE TRAIL BECAME TOO NARROW
TO NEGOTIATE. (FROM THE LAST RD. FORK MENTIONED, RD. AND TRAIL ARE
BLAZED WITH FOREST SERVICE BLAZES). AT END OF 4-WHEEL TRAVEL, TAKE
TRAIL ABOUT 1 MI. TO TOP AND STATION.
STATION MARK--STANDARD TABLET STAMPED---TYSON 1956---, CEMENTED IN
BEDROCK ABOUT 7 IN. LOWER THAN GROUND, DIRECTLY UNDER CENTER OF
LOOKOUT TOWER.