Lookout Details

Registry Numbers	US 778, MT 44 (view other lookouts in United States, Montana)
Date Registered	April 24, 2009
Nominated by	Gary Weber
Location	Bitterroot National Forest Ravalli County, Montana
Coordinates	N 45° 43.150' W 114° 24.733' (view using Google Maps) N 45° 43' 09" W 114° 24' 44" N 45.719170° W 114.412220°
Elevation	7,822 ft (2,384 m)
Built	1962
Administered by	U.S. Forest Service
Cooperators	West Fork Ranger District

Description

Still in active service on the Bitterroot National Forest, Bare Cone Lookout was first a two story log cabin in 1922. In the 1930s an L-4 was built on a 10’ tower which served until the present R-6 cab with catwalk on a 10’ concrete block base was built in 1962.