Sleeping Deer Mountain Lookout
US 547, ID 42

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 547, ID 42 (view other lookouts in United States, Idaho)
Date Registered February 12, 2004
Nominated by Constantinos Bouras (Dino)
Location Salmon Challis National Forest
Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates N 44° 46.034' W 114° 41.480' (view using Google Maps)
N 44° 46' 02" W 114° 41' 29"
N 44.767230° W 114.691330°
Elevation 9,772 ft (2,979 m)
Built 1935
Administered by U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators Middle Fork Ranger District

Description

Sleeping Deer Mountain lookout is on the northern section of the Challis National Forest, close to where the Boise, Payette, and Salmon National Forests join. The hip roof L-4 groundhouse with catwalk was built in 1935 and last staffed in 1997 and is now on emergency status.

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August 2012

August 2012

Interior, August 2012

Interior, August 2012