Gardiner Peak Lookout

United States historic place


Gardiner Peak Lookout
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


45°58′12″N 114°46′00″W / 45.97000°N 114.76667°W / 45.97000; -114.76667 (Salmon Mountain Lookout)
Built	1953
Built by	USDA Forest Service
NRHP reference No.	100002295
Added to NRHP	April 6, 2018

The Gardiner Peak Lookout, on Gardiner Peak in the West Fork District of Bitterroot National Forest, near Darby, Idaho, was built in 1953. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

It is a 1936-pattern L-4 lookout.^[1]

It is a staffed lookout. It is on Gardiner Peak, above the Selway River, within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area on the boundary between the Nez Perce National Forest and the Bitterroot National Forest.^[2]

It is at elevation of 6,597 feet (2,011 m).^[3]

References

^ Janene Caywood (August 7, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: L-4 Fire Lookouts in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1), 1932-1967" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
^ "Gardiner Peak Lookout / US 787, ID 69". National Historic Lookout Register. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
^ "Fire lookouts eyed for National Register of Historic Places". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.