Chicken Peak Lookout
US 327, ID 30
July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 327, ID 30 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered December 1, 1999
Nominated by Steve Stoddard, Idaho Chapter, FFLA
Location Payette National Forest
Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates N 45° 17.559' W 115° 23.820' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 17' 34" W 115° 23' 49"
N 45.292650° W 115.396995°
Elevation 8,608 ft (2,624 m)
Built 1930
Administered by U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators Krassel Ranger District

Description

One of the last lookouts in the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness on the Payette National Forest in central Idaho, Chicken Peak is a cultural treasure needing care. It is the only known remaining example of this style of pre-CCC log and timber cab and the oldest lookout on the forest. The 14' x 14' R4-D8 cab with steep pyramid roof and no catwalk was built in 1930 and staffed until 1969.

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July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer

July 2016 photo by Luke Channer