Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 128, ID 6 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered	August 1, 1995
Nominated by	Gary Weber, Idaho Registrar
Location	Idaho Panhandle National Forests Bonner County, Idaho
Coordinates	N 48° 20.958' W 116° 45.383' (view using Google Maps) N 48° 20' 57" W 116° 45' 23" N 48.349300° W 116.756377°
Elevation	5,550 ft (1,692 m)
Administered by	U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators	Priest Lake Ranger District

Description

Originally known as Looking Glass Mountain, Gisborne Mountain Lookout was renamed for Harry T. Gisborne who conducted fire research on the surrounding Priest River Experimental Forest (a part of the Kaniksu National Forest). The first lookout was built in 1932, with the present 41’ wooden tower with 15x15’ live-in flattop cab and catwalk being constructed in 1958.