Big Baldy Lookout
US 1446, ID 139
Big Baldy Lookout - 2019

Big Baldy Lookout - 2019 - courtesy of Luke Channer

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1446, ID 139 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered October 2, 2020
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Boise National Forest
Valley County, Idaho
Coordinates N 44° 46.946' W 115° 13.134' (view using Google Maps)
N 44° 46' 57" W 115° 13' 08"
N 44.782427° W 115.218901°
Elevation 9,710 ft (2,960 m)
Built 1959
Administered by US Forest Service - Boise National Forest

Description

A log cabin with cupola structure was completed at Big Baldy in 1924. A Region 6 Plan Flat Top cabin on an enclosed tower replaced the original building in 1959.

Big Baldy is located within the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.

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1924

1924 - courtesy of the USFS Region 4 History Collection