Salmon Mountain is located in the Idaho portion of the West Fork in the Frank Church River Of No Return Wilderness. It has the distinction of being the oldest documented site used as a lookout on the Bitterroot Forest. An old journal from 1915 describes Salmon being used as an observation point and a phone line being run up the mountain that summer. A tent camp was placed on the upper part of the mountain and at the highest point, a square rock wall was built that surrounded a portable alidade on a stump. The first tower, a log cabin with an observation cupola, was built on Salmon Mountain in 1928. It was replaced, in 1949, with the current L-4 lookout on a 5 foot rock base that is still in use. There is a 1.2 mile trail leading to the lookout from the Magruder Corridor/ Elk City Road.
Referencesedit
^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.
^"Salmon Mountain Lookout / US 800, ID 78". National Historic Lookout Register. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
^"Fire lookouts eyed for National Register of Historic Places". Associated Press. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
salmon, mountain, lookout, salmon, mountain, west, fork, district, bitterroot, national, forest, near, darby, idaho, built, 1949, listed, national, register, historic, places, 2018, national, register, historic, placesshow, idahoshow, united, statesnearest, ci. The Salmon Mountain Lookout on Salmon Mountain in the West Fork District of Bitterroot National Forest near Darby Idaho was built in 1949 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018 Salmon Mountain LookoutU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of IdahoShow map of the United StatesNearest cityElk City IdahoCoordinates45 37 01 N 114 50 12 W 45 61694 N 114 83667 W 45 61694 114 83667 Salmon Mountain Lookout Built1949Built byUSDA Forest ServiceNRHP reference No 100002296Added to NRHPApril 6 2018 It is a 1936 pattern L 4 lookout 1 It is a volunteer staffed lookout located in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and it also overlooks the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness to the north 2 It is at elevation of 8 943 feet 2 726 m 3 Salmon Mountain is located in the Idaho portion of the West Fork in the Frank Church River Of No Return Wilderness It has the distinction of being the oldest documented site used as a lookout on the Bitterroot Forest An old journal from 1915 describes Salmon being used as an observation point and a phone line being run up the mountain that summer A tent camp was placed on the upper part of the mountain and at the highest point a square rock wall was built that surrounded a portable alidade on a stump The first tower a log cabin with an observation cupola was built on Salmon Mountain in 1928 It was replaced in 1949 with the current L 4 lookout on a 5 foot rock base that is still in use There is a 1 2 mile trail leading to the lookout from the Magruder Corridor Elk City Road References edit 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 Salmon Mountain Lookout US 800 ID 78 National Historic Lookout Register Retrieved May 10 2018 Fire lookouts eyed for National Register of Historic Places Associated Press Retrieved May 10 2018 nbsp This article about a property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Salmon Mountain Lookout amp oldid 1169454648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
