Pilot Peak Lookout (Payette National Forest)
US 1453, ID 146
Pilot Peak Lookout - 2012

Pilot Peak Lookout - 2012 - courtesy of Ron Kemnow

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1453, ID 146 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered October 3, 2020
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Payette National Forest
Valley County, Idaho
Coordinates N 45° 10.440' W 115° 31.622' (view using Google Maps)
N 45° 10' 26" W 115° 31' 37"
N 45.174002° W 115.527040°
Elevation 8,075 ft (2,461 m)
Built 1954
Administered by US Forest Service - Payette National Forest

Description

Pilot Peak Lookout was first established in 1919 with a 12x12 log ground cabin.

A new structure, an R1/L-4 plan on a 10 foot block, enclosed tower was built in 1954.

Pilot Peak is generally staffed during the fire season.

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Photos

1956

1956 - courtesy of the University of Idaho