FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • MONTANA
    • Misc. notes - Montana
  • BEAVERHEAD COUNTY
    • Alder (Cairn)
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Bender Point
    • Jackson Ranger Station
    • Odell Mountain
    • Red Rocks Lake NWR
    • Selway Mountain
    • Tower Mountain
    • Wisdom Ranger Station
  • BIG HORN COUNTY
    • Black Spring
    • Bull Creek
    • Lost Creek
    • Pryor
    • Wolf Mountain
  • BLAINE COUNTY
    • Eagle Child Mountain
    • Monument Peak
  • BROADWATER COUNTY
    • Avalanche Butte
    • Boulder Baldy
  • CARTER COUNTY
    • Tripoint
  • CASCADE COUNTY
    • Sullivan Hill
  • DEER LODGE COUNTY
    • Blizzard Hill
    • Cable Mountain
    • Grassy Mountain
    • Horseshoe Mountain
    • Mount Haggin
  • FLATHEAD COUNTY
    • Akinkoka Peak
    • Angel Point
    • Apgar Mountain
    • Ashley Mountain
    • Baker
    • Baptiste
    • Bar Z Peak
    • Battery Mountain
    • Benchmark Mountain
    • Big Creek
    • Big Lodge
    • Black Bear
    • Blacktail Mountain
    • Bold Peak
    • Bruce Ridge
    • Bungalow Mountain
    • Bunker Point
    • Canyon Mountain
    • Canyon Point
    • Capital Mountain
    • Castle Rock
    • Coal Ridge
    • Crossover
    • Cruiser Mountain
    • Cyclone Park
    • Cyclone Peak
    • Deemers Ridge
    • Desert Mountain
    • Dog Mountain
    • Doris Mountain
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elkcalf Mountain
    • Emery Hill
    • Firefighter Mountain
    • Forks (Hallowat Creek)
    • Forster Mountain
    • Garnet Peak
    • Gary
    • Gateway Gorge
    • Gildart
    • Granite Park Chalets
    • Green Mountain
    • Grubb Mountain
    • Gunsight Mountain
    • Haskell Mountain
    • Heavens Peak
    • Helmet (3 Forks)
    • Hornet Peak
    • Hubbart Mountain
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Indian Ridge
    • Ingalls Mountain
    • Johnson Peak
    • Kah
    • Kerr Mountain
    • Larch Hill
    • Limestone Peak
    • Link Mountain
    • Lion Hill
    • Lodgepole Mountain
    • Loneman Mountain
    • Martin Divide
    • McCaffery
    • McGovern
    • McGregor Peak
    • Meadow Mountain
    • Meadow Peak
    • Mineral Peak
    • Moran Mountain
    • Mount Brown
    • Mud Lake Mountain
    • Nine Mile Point
    • Numa Ridge
    • Pagoda Mountain
    • Picture Mountain
    • Pilot Knob.
    • Pioneer Ridge
    • Red Meadow
    • Red Plume
    • Reid Divide
    • Six Mile Mountain
    • Spotted Bear Mountain
    • Standard Peak
    • Stryker Peak
    • Sunday Mountain
    • Tuchuck Mountain
    • Werner Peak
    • Whitefish
  • GALLATIN COUNTY
    • Cinnamon Mountain
    • Garnet Mountain
    • Hidden Lakes
    • Horse Butte
    • Mount Blackmore
    • Mount Ellis
    • Reid Divide
    • Salesville Point
    • Windy Pass
  • GRANITE COUNTY
    • Black Pine Mountain
    • Cinnamon Bear Point
    • Harvey Point
    • Hogback Point
    • Moose Mound
    • Mount Emerine
    • Quigg Peak
    • Sliderock Mountain
    • Union Peak
  • GLACIER COUNTY
    • Bear Mountain (Bare)
    • Crossley
    • Curly Bear
    • Divide Mountain
    • Goat Haunt
    • Hudson Bay
    • Red Eagle Mountain
    • Reynolds Ridge
    • Swiftcurrent Mountain
  • HILL COUNTY
    • Bowery Peak
    • Shoistal Park
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY
    • Bull Mountain
    • Casey Peak
    • Haystack Mountain
    • Jack Mountain
    • Shingle Butte
    • Strawberry Butte
    • Three Brothers Mountain
    • Thunderbolt Mountain
  • JUDITH BASIN COUNTY
    • Anderson Peak
    • Yogo Peak
  • LAKE COUNTY
    • Cedar Point
    • Cilly Ridge
    • Crane Mountain
    • Hog Heaven
    • Irvine
    • Jette (Big Arm)
    • Jim Creek
    • Little Napa Point
    • Mission
    • Napa Point
    • Pistol Creek
    • Saddle Mountain...
    • Six Mile
    • Van Peak
    • Woodward Point
  • LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
    • Anaconda Hill
    • Bald Butte
    • Canyon Point
    • Cap Mountain
    • Caribou Peak
    • Colorado Mountain
    • Dalton Mountain
    • Deadman Hill
    • Falls Peak (Point)
    • Federal Building
    • Granite Butte
    • Green Mountain
    • Greenhorn Mountain
    • Halfmoon
    • Hilger
    • Hogback Mountain
    • Liverpole Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Moonlight Peak
    • Moose Ridge
    • Olson Peak
    • Patrol Mountain
    • Prairie Reef
    • Red Mountain (L&C)
    • Rogers Mountain
    • Sentinel Mountain
    • Silver King Mountain
    • Steamboat Mountain
    • Stonewall Mountain
  • LINCOLN COUNTY
    • Alexander Peak
    • Allen Peak
    • Baldy Mountain,
    • Barren Peak
    • Big Creek Baldy
    • Black Butte..
    • Blue Mountain
    • Dome Mountain
    • Fisher Mountain
    • Fleetwood
    • Garver Mountain
    • Horse Mountain
    • Keeler Mountain
    • Kenelty Mountain
    • Lost Horse
    • McMillan Mountain
    • Mount Henry
    • Mount Marston
    • Northwest Peak
    • Pinkham Mountain
    • Pinto Point
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Red Mountain
    • Stahl Peak.
    • Swede Mountain
    • Tony Peak
    • Turner Mountain
    • Webb Mountain
    • Yaak Mountain
    • Ziegler Mountain
  • MADISON COUNTY
    • Andesite
    • Lone Mountain
    • Yellow Mule
  • MEAGHER COUNTY
    • Billy Butte
    • Black Butte
    • Daisy Peak
    • Elephant Rock
    • Elk Peak
    • Monument Peak
    • Mount High
    • Porphyry Peak
    • Williams Mountain
  • MINERAL COUNTY
    • Bear Gulch
    • Birch Ridge
    • Boyd Mountain
    • Camels Hump
    • Cameron Peak
    • Cobden Point
    • Cold Peak
    • Crittendon Peak
    • Cruzane Mountain
    • Deer Peak
    • Dominion Peak
    • Fly Camp
    • Gold Peak
    • Haugan Mountain
    • Illinois Peak
    • Keystone Peak
    • Landowner Mountain
    • Little Joe Mountain
    • Marble Point
    • Newman Peak
    • Olson Peak
    • Schley Peak
    • Sheep Mountain
    • St Patrick
    • Stark Mountain
    • Tamarack Hill
    • Thompson Creek (Peak)
    • Upup Mountain
    • Wade Peak
    • Williams Peak
  • MISSOULA COUNTY
    • Belmont Point
    • Blue Mountain.
    • Blue Ridge
    • Boles Point
    • Boulder Lake
    • Boulder (ELO)
    • Burnt Fork Pinnacle
    • Cayuse Hill
    • Charity Peak
    • Condon Ranger Station
    • Cooney Mountain
    • Davis Point
    • Double Arrow
    • Edith Peak
    • Elbow Mountain
    • Frenchtown
    • Gold Creek Point
    • Hemlock Point
    • Holland Ridge
    • Hunters Point
    • Iris Point
    • Jocko #2
    • Lantern Ridge
    • Lolo Springs
    • Lolo Summit
    • Martin Point
    • Miller Peak
    • Mineral Peak
    • Montana Building
    • Mormon Mountain
    • Mosquito Peak
    • Mount Henry.
    • Mount Jumbo
    • Mount Sentinel
    • Petty Mountain
    • Plateau Mountain
    • Sheep Mountain
    • West Fork Butte
    • Woodman
  • PARK COUNTY
    • Bangtail R.S.
    • Lookout Mountain
  • PHILLIPS COUNTY
    • Bowdoin NWR
    • Scraggy
  • PONDERA COUNTY
    • Family Peak
    • Half Dome Crag
  • POWDER RIVER COUNTY
    • Diamond Butte
    • Liscom Butte
    • Phillips Butte
    • Yager Butte
  • POWELL COUNTY
    • Arrastra Mountain
    • Bartlett Mountain
    • Bison Mountain
    • Bugle Mountain
    • Bullet Nose
    • Cardinal Peak
    • Center Ridge
    • Charlotte Mountain
    • Conger Point
    • Crimson Peak
    • East Spread
    • Echo Mountain
    • Fenn Mountain
    • Foolhen Mountain
    • Gordon Mountain
    • Grace Mountain
    • Haystack Mountain
    • Jones Mountain
    • Jumbo Mountain
    • Kid Mountain
    • Lake Mountain
    • Lena Peak
    • Marshall Mountain
    • Montour Mountain (Hill)
    • Morrell Mountain
    • Mount Powell
    • Negro Mountain
    • Packrat Mountain
    • Saddle mountain
    • Shale Peak
    • Tillson Peak
    • Treasure Mountain
    • White River Butte
  • RAVALLI COUNTY
    • Ambrose Point
    • Antrim Point
    • Bald Top Mountain
    • Bare Cone
    • Beaver Point
    • Black Bear Point
    • Blue Mountain
    • Boulder Point
    • Cleveland Mountain
    • Clifford Point
    • Cooney Ridge
    • Deer Creek Point
    • Deer Mountain
    • Dominic
    • Doran Point
    • Dutch Hill
    • East Fork Patrol
    • East Quartzite
    • Elk Point
    • Falls Point
    • Fish Lake
    • Gash Point
    • Gird Point
    • Hilltop
    • Jew Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • McCart
    • Medicine Point
    • Mill Point
    • Owen Point
    • Palisade Mountain
    • Piquett Mountain
    • Razorback Mountain
    • Reed Butte
    • Saddle Mountain
    • Shirley Mountain
    • Skalkaho Divide
    • Skalkaho Mountain
    • Slate Point
    • Squaw Point
    • St. Mary's Peak
    • Sula Peak
    • Sullivan Point
    • Tepee Point
    • Threemile Point
    • Thunder Mountain
    • Ward Mountain
    • Watchtower Peak
    • Willow Mountain
  • ROSEBUD COUNTY
    • Badger Peak
    • Poker Jim
  • SANDERS COUNTY
    • Andy's Knob
    • Arvilla Mountain
    • Baldy Mountain.
    • Bassoo Peak
    • Berray Mountain
    • Big Hole Peak
    • Black Peak
    • Border Peak
    • Buffalo Bill
    • Clark Peak
    • Coney Peak
    • Cougar Peak
    • Cow Camp
    • Cube Iron Mountain
    • Dad Peak
    • Divide Peak (72 Peak)
    • Dixie Peak
    • Driveway Peak
    • Eddy Mountain
    • Eighty Peak
    • Fatman Mountain
    • Ferry Basin
    • Gem Peak
    • Government Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Grouse Mountain
    • Haines Point
    • Headquarters Ridge
    • High Point.
    • Lone Cliff
    • Loveland Peak
    • Marmot Peak
    • Minton Peak
    • Mosquito Point
    • Mount Bushnell
    • Mount Headley
    • Mount Silcox
    • Patricks Knob
    • Penrose Peak
    • Priscilla Peak
    • Richards Peak
    • Schmitz
    • Sears
    • Seven Point Mountain
    • Sex Peak
    • Siegal Mountain
    • Smeads Mountain
    • Squaw Peak (Star Peak)
    • Stevens Peak
    • Table Top Mountain
    • Taft Summit
    • Thompson Peak
    • Twenty Odd
    • Two Trees Point
    • Vanderburg
    • Vermillion Peak
    • White Pine Ridge
    • Wild Horse
  • SHERIDAN COUNTY
    • Medicine Lake NWR (Headquarters)
    • Medicine Lake NWR (Homestead)
  • SILVER BOW COUNTY
    • High Rye
    • Highland Mountain (Red)
  • STILLWATER COUNTY
    • Limestone Butte
  • TETON COUNTY
    • Beartop
    • Bennie Hill
    • Bloody Hill
    • Mount Wright
    • Wrong Ridge
  • TOOLE COUNTY
    • Grassy Butte
  • To Locate
  • Jimmy Peak
  • New Page
  • Mount Jumbo
SANDERS COUNTY

MOUNT HEADLEY

Lolo National Forest
​23N-29W-24
​July 14, 1921: “Oscar Moen, lookout on Mt. Hadley has been under the doctor's care for the past week. He has a bad cut on his right hand. He is about well now and leaving for the station.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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October 2, 1929: “Frank Benson, who was lookout on Mt. Headley left Sunday for Missoula where he will enter the School of Law.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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​July 8, 1931: “Joe Bown, forest lookout on Headley, cut his foot with an ax last week. While he is here receiving treatment Les Anderson is taking his place.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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​September 6, 1933: “Mr. W.A. Kirby came in off Mt. Headley lookout Tuesday. This is the first time Mr. Kirby has been in town for a long time. He will go out to the forest again.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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​June 26, 1935: “Mount Headley is among some of the peaks discontinued as lookout stations in the Cabinet due to the visual observation mapping on the forest. Cube Iron Peak takes the place of Headley.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)

July 8, 1954:   "James Law of Oklahoma took up his station in the Headley lookout yesterday."   (Sanders County Independent Ledger)
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​July 21, 1955: “One additional lookout in the Thompson Falls ranger district was manned Monday when George Gibbs of Maryland was posted on Headley peak. Only one lookout---Table Top---remains to be manned yet.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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​June 20, 1957: “This year for the first time, VHF radio communications will be used between the ranger's office and two lookouts—Cougar peak and Mt. Headley. It is hoped that the radio network to the other five lookout posts can be completed next year. The five posts which will continue to utilize telephones this year are Clark, Eddy, Driveway, Table Top and Priscilla.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
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​July 30, 1959: “Fire Lookout Larry Luke assigned to Mt. Headley lookout tower has experienced weather during the past five days that ran the gauntlet of the four seasons.
      Friday the temperature reading at the ranger station in Thompson Falls reached a torrid 102 degrees, Luke reported to the ranger station that snow was falling at the lookout.” (Sanders County Ledger)
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