POWELL COUNTY
LAKE MOUNTAIN
Helena National Forest
16N-11W-3
16N-11W-3
Removed
DESIGNATION - LAKE
PID - ST0528
STATE/COUNTY- MT/POWELL
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LAKE MOUNTAIN (1968)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (OSR)
THE STATION IS ON THE NORTH ONE OF THREE SMALL HILLS ATOP
LAKE MOUNTAIN, THE SOUTH ONE IS THE HIGHEST, AND HAS THE REMAINS
OF A BURNED LOOKOUT CABIN. IT IS 7-3/4 MILES EAST AND 10
MILES NORTH OF OVANDO, 2 MILES WEST AND 6 MILES NORTH OF COOPERS
LAKE, 2 MILES WEST OF THE NORTH FORK BLACKFOOT RIVER AND 2-3/4
MILES WEST AND 1-3/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTH FORK GUARD
STATION. IT IS IN SECTION 3, T 16 N, R 11 W.
THIS STATION WAS REACHED BY HELICOPTER. THERE IS A GOOD COPTER
LANDING ON THE SITE OF THE BURNED LOOKOUT CABIN.