Hemlock Butte Lookout
US 767, ID 57

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 767, ID 57 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered April 6, 2009
Nominated by Gary Weber
Location Clearwater National Forest
Idaho/Clearwater County Line, Idaho
Coordinates N 46° 28.400' W 115° 37.750' (view using Google Maps)
N 46° 28' 24" W 115° 37' 45"
N 46.473330° W 115.629170°
Elevation 6,053 ft (1,845 m)
Built 1954
Administered by U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators Lochsa Ranger District

Description

Still in service on the Clearwater National Forest, Hemlock Butte Lookout is a 14’x14’ L-4 cab with catwalk on a 54’ tower built in 1954. Previous lookouts art the site were a roofed platform (1919), D-6 cupola cabin (1923), and an L-4 on a 50’ pole tower (1934).

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