Gardiner Peak Lookout
Gardiner Peak Lookout | |
Nearest city | Darby, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 45°58′12″N 114°46′00″W / 45.97000°N 114.76667°W |
Built | 1953 |
Built by | USDA Forest Service |
NRHP reference No. | 100002295 |
Added to NRHP | April 6, 2018 |
The Gardiner Peak Lookout, on Gardiner Peak in the West Fork District of Bitterroot National Forest, near Darby, Idaho, was built in 1953. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
It is a 1936-pattern L-4 lookout.[1]
It is a staffed lookout. It is on Gardiner Peak, above the Selway River, within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area on the boundary between the Nez Perce National Forest and the Bitterroot National Forest.[2]
It is at elevation of 6,597 feet (2,011 m).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Janene Caywood (August 7, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: L-4 Fire Lookouts in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1), 1932-1967" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Gardiner Peak Lookout / US 787, ID 69". National Historic Lookout Register. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Fire lookouts eyed for National Register of Historic Places". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.