ANT HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 32N-28W-19
ARBO MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 33N-32W-18
BANFIELD MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 32N-30W-9
BAREE PEAK (MOUNTAIN)
Kootenai National Forest - 25N-31W-1
BEAR CREEK RIDGE
Kootenai National Forest - 28N-31W-20
1936: A tree crow's nest was established.
BEARTRAP MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-28W-20
BEETLE HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-31W-9
September 2, 1938: "George Reynolds, Snowshoe creek farmer and arthritis sufferer, today had solved the problem of being brought to town for medical attention.
A truckload of CCC youths, ordered to Reynold's farm by a Hoodoo mountain forest lookout, brought him here.
Reynolds first tried to attract attention of nearby fishermen by firing rifle shots in the air. When that failed he fired one of his haystacks, and, for good measure, set fire to a small shack on his property.
Although the youths extinguished the blazes, it was not reported if they cleaned the rifle." (Montana Standard)
A truckload of CCC youths, ordered to Reynold's farm by a Hoodoo mountain forest lookout, brought him here.
Reynolds first tried to attract attention of nearby fishermen by firing rifle shots in the air. When that failed he fired one of his haystacks, and, for good measure, set fire to a small shack on his property.
Although the youths extinguished the blazes, it was not reported if they cleaned the rifle." (Montana Standard)
BONNET TOP
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-32W-13
BOULDER MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-30W-2
BOUNDARY MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 31N-28W-23
BUNKER HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-30W-8
BRUSH MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 28N-28W-6
BURNT PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 30N-34W-19
CANUCK PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-34W-34
CHINA MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest
CLIFF POINT
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-29W-25
DAVIS MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 32N-27W-26
October 9, 1930: "Steel has been delivered to Davis mountain, south of Trego, where a tower 62 feet high will be erected next spring." (Independent - Helena)
DAVIS PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 26N-28W-26
DEEP MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-25W-11
EDNA MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 34N-26W-21
ELK MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 31N-26W-16
EUREKA HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 36N-27W-26
FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 31N-32W-5
FLATIRON MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 34N-31W-30
GARDEN RIDGE
Kootenai National Forest
July 2, 1952: "In every community there's a bachelor who stands out like a nugget in a gold pan.
Such was Ross (Shorty) Young, a small man with white hair, one humorous black eye and a fatalistic philosophy.
In 1913 Shorty started working for the Forest Service and helped plant the yellow pines that was a government experiment. In 1914 he cut out a patrol trail from the headwaters of Deep Creek to the headwaters of the Whitefish river. From 1915 to 1932 his duties were maintaining trail in the spring, lookout detail in fire season, and stringing telephone line in the fall.
In 1917 he suggested to the ranger, Fred Herrig, that he be allowed to camp at the lookout on Gibraltar for the summer. He was given permission and reported in 14 fires that season--a record. (The Inter Lake)
June 28, 1931: "From the Goat Mountain lookout of the Kootenai national forest comes a tale that appears veracious and at least has the refreshing quality of newness.
It's about the cat that trees the bear. And makes it a part of his daily duty.
There's a garbage pit at the Goat Mountain lookout. And a bear comes there daily to investigate what choice refuse the humans may have thrown away after their meals are over.
The cat, resenting this invasion, daily chases the bear, and so great is the big, full grown bruin's fear of the feline that he scrambles up a tree every time the chase starts.
Foresters offer the belief that the bear has the cat confused with a skunk. And it is one of the legends of the woods that every animal gives the skunk the right-of-way wherever they meet." (Independent - Helena)
It's about the cat that trees the bear. And makes it a part of his daily duty.
There's a garbage pit at the Goat Mountain lookout. And a bear comes there daily to investigate what choice refuse the humans may have thrown away after their meals are over.
The cat, resenting this invasion, daily chases the bear, and so great is the big, full grown bruin's fear of the feline that he scrambles up a tree every time the chase starts.
Foresters offer the belief that the bear has the cat confused with a skunk. And it is one of the legends of the woods that every animal gives the skunk the right-of-way wherever they meet." (Independent - Helena)
GOLD HILL
Kootenai National Forest
GRIZZLY POINT
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-32W-30
GRUBSTAKE
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-30W-18
HORNET RIDGE
Kootenai National Forest - 30N-28W-4
HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest
1915: Established, with a lookout structure ????
1924: A 50-foot pole tower with a observation platform was erected. Also a log cabin was built for living quarters.
1934: A 50-foot round timber tower with a L-4 cab constructed using Civilian Conservation Corp labor.
1964: A R-6 lookout cab was constructed atop a 53-foot treated timber tower.
August 4, 1927: "His action believed due to a deranged mind, Robert Hegg, a lookout on Kennedy mountain on the Kootenai forest, committed suicide, dying at Libby hospital from self-inflicted wounds, word received at district headquarters of the forest service states.
The young man gave evidence of being unbalanced while on his lookout, alone on a mountain top, and was brought to the ranger station, where he succeeded in what was said to be his fifth attempt to kill himself.
Hegg first failed in an effort to hang himself, and then struck himself on top of the head with an axe, inflicting a dozen or more cuts. A bottle of lysol was the next resort but he drank only enough to make him sick. He tried to cut his throat but only inflicted a severe gash.
Finally, Hegg grabbed a butcher knife, stabbing himself in the abdomen so seriously that he died the next day. The young man was a sophomore in the school of forestry at the University of Minnesota and had come to the Kootenai to spend the summer as a lookout." (The Helena Independent)
KENO MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 36N-34W-32
KING MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 32N-33W-35
KOOTENAI MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest
LAWRENCE MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 33N-29W-18
192?: The site was established with a tree observation post.
LOCKE RIDGE
Flathead National Forest
LOST HORSE MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-31W-14
LUCKY POINT
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-33W-21
1936: Established as a patrol lookout.
MARL LAKE(SEC 3)
Kootenai National Forest
1921: A tent camp was established approximately a quarter of a mile below the summit at water.
1923: A D-6 cupola style lookout was constructed at a cost of $805.87.
1931: Lightning protection was installed.
1944: The lookout was abandoned.
1983: The structure underwent restoration.
1996: The glass was installed in the windows and then placed on the rental program.
MOUNT LOCKE
Flathead National Forest
MOUNT VERNON
Kootenai National Forest
1931: A 14 x 14 gable roof L-4 lookout house was constructed.
MUSHROOM MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-33W-23
OBERMEYER MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-32W-8
PARSNIP MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 34N-30W-36
PHEASANT POINT
Kootenai National Forest - 29N-33W-4
PINKHAM PATROL
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-27W-35
PLEASANT VIEW
Kootenai National Forest - 34N-32W-19
POORMAN MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-26W-12
PULPIT MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 32N-33W-23
REDTOP MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-34W-35
RICHARDS MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 30N-28W-30
1924: A 40-foot non-standard steel tower with a 6 x 6 foot wood frame cab was erected.
July 2, 1952: (Continued from this date at Gibraltar Ridge) "In 1924 he (Ross "Shorty' Young) was transferred to Robert's lookout some miles west of Fortine, and was to spend the rest of his summers there on duty until his retirement Nov. 30, 1943." (The Inter Lake)
April 25, 1976: "The fire lookout once sat on top of Mount Roberts near Fortine and future visitors will be able to climb into it to see how forest fires are spotted." (The Daily Inter Lake ) (The bicentennial Commission gave a $1,000 matching grant to the museum at Eureka for its historical village which includes the lookout that was removed from Roberts)
1979: The tower was removed to the City Park at Eureka.
1921: A tent camp was established.
1929: A D-1 Cupola style lookout house was erected.
193?: Due to the view being frequently blocked by fog, the lookout was discontinued.
1983: The lookout was restored.
ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 39N-34W-12
RODERICK MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 34N-32W-17
ROSWELL RIDGE
Kootenai National Forest - 37N-32W-21
ROSS POINT
Kootenai National Forest - 28N-34W-11
January 28, 1957: "Our memorandum of December 19, 1955, listed the replacement priority as follows, and we have added the road construction and lookout construction status:
5. Scenery Mountain - No road and probably won't have a road all the way because of being in Cabinet Wild Area. Replacement badly needed." (Memorandum to Regional Forester from Forest Supervisor)
June 2009: The lookout structure was airlifted from its foundations by helicopter and disposed of.
SHEPPERD
Kootenai National Forest
SKYLINE MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 33N-32W-32
SMOKEY BUTTE
Kootenai National Forest - 29N-30W-11
SOUTH FORK HILL
Kootenai National Forest
SPAR PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 28N-34W-4
STANLEY PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 29N-34W-8
STENERSON MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest
SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 30N-28W-18
SURPRISE HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 29N-27W-25
SWAMP RIDGE (MTN)
Kootenai National Forest - 33N-26W-32
TEPEE MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-34W-1
TEETERS PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 27N-30W-28
THUNDER MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-34W-10
TREASURE MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest
VIRGINIA HILL
Kootenai National Forest - 35N-27W-17
1936: Tree observation post was established.
WAREX
Kootenai National Forest - 33N-28W-6
WARLAND PEAK
Kootenai National Forest
WARLAND RANGER STATION POINT
Kootenai National Forest
WEIGAL MOUNTAIN
Kootenai National Forest - 31N-27W-27
WOLF PEAK
Kootenai National Forest - 31N-27W-2