Custer Lookout
US 750, ID 52

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 750, ID 52 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered November 20, 2008
Nominated by Jill Osborn
Location Salmon-Challis National Forest
Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates N 44° 20.957' W 114° 37.445' (view using Google Maps)
N 44° 20' 57" W 114° 37' 27"
N 44.349290° W 114.624090°
Elevation 9,742 ft (2,969 m)
Built 1933
Administered by U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District

Description

Built in 1933, Custer Lookout is one of very few R-5 C-3 cabs in Idaho. The design dates to 1917 and is a precursor to the popular L-4 developed in the early 1930s. It is a 14’x14’ groundhouse with catwalk.

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