Snake River Lookout
US 1513, WY 16
Snake River Lookout - September 2020

Snake River Lookout - September 2020 - courtesy of Ed Stark

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1513, WY 16 (view other lookouts in United States, Wyoming)
Date Registered February 28, 2021
Nominated by Ed Stark
Location Yellowstone National Park
Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates N 44° 08.471' W 110° 37.820' (view using Google Maps)
N 44° 08' 28" W 110° 37' 49"
N 44.141180° W 110.630326°
Elevation 8,187 ft (2,495 m)
Built 1935
Administered by National Park Service - Yellowstone National Park

Description

The 8x8 wood frame building is the only remaining open air structure built in Yellowstone National Park, constructed as a secondary lookout by the CCC.
The structural members may have been completed in 1934, However the building wasn’t erected until 1935 by the CCC and probably not used until 1936. 
Most probably no longer used some time in the mid to late 1940’s and the trail to the lookout was abandoned decades ago.
Building #699, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming.

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Photos

October 1935

October 1935 - courtesy of The Ed Stark Collection

1955 USGS Topo Map showing the old trail route to the lookout

1955 USGS Topo Map showing the old trail route to the lookout - courtesy of USGS