BAPTISTE
Flathead County - Flathead National Forest - 27N-26W-22
c.1924: 10-foot pole platform, (Kresek)
1928: 30' pole tower with 12' x 12' cab. (Kresek)
1964: A 30-foot treated timber tower with a R-6 flat-roof cab was constructed as a replacement tower.
2012: The lookout was refurbished and is staffed by volunteers.
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BAPTISTE L O
PID - TM0926
STATE/COUNTY- MT/FLATHEAD
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - FELIX PEAK (1994)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1956
STATION LOCATED ABOUT 30 MI. (AIRLINE) ESE. OF KALISPELL AND 2 MI. E.
OF HUNGRY HORSE RESERVOIR, ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A LOW MOUNTAIN,
ABOUT 1 MI. W. OF MOUNT BAPTISTE. THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE
WAS INTERSECTED FOR HORIZONTAL AND THE EAVES FOR VERTICAL ANGLES.
STATION MARK--CENTER OF LOOKOUT HOUSE WAS INTERSECTED.