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
    • 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
LINCOLN COUNTY

MOUNT MARSTON

Kootenai National Forest
35N-25W-26

1932:   L-4 cab.   (Kresek)

1962:   Two story concrete base with an R-6 flat roof cab.   (Kresek)

November 22, 1970:  "Mount Marston Lookout on the Fortine Ranger District was vandalized recently.  Locks were broken off of doors, Ranger Dean Weeden reported.  All valuables are taken out of the lookouts at the end of the fire season, he said, and the doors are only locked to protect the building from the weather.  Access to the lookout is believed to have been by snowmobile."  (The Daily Inter Lake)

August 13, 2015:   The lookout was wrapped in advance of the spreading, lightning caused Marston Fire.

August 15, 2015:
   The Marston Fire has grown to between 1500 to 1800 acres by Saturday afternoon.  The Lookout is still in danger of being overrun by the flames.

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The NGS Data Sheet
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STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (OSR)
THE STATION IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF MT MARSTON, NEAR
THE SITE OF THE MT MARSTON LOOKOUT HOUSE. IT IS ABOUT 6-1/2
MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST OF STRYKER, 5 MILES EAST OF
FORTINE, 3-1/2 MILES NORTH AND 1-1/2 MILES EAST OF DICKEY
LAKE, NEAR THE CENTER OF SECTION 26, R 25 W, T 35 N. ELEVATION
7,330 FEET.

TO REACH FROM THE POST OFFICE IN STRYKER, GO SOUTHERLY ON
U.S. HIGHWAY 93 FOR 0.2 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND SIGN
FISH LAKE 4 MILES, TURN LEFT, EASTERLY ON GRADED ROAD FOR
0.5 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT, TURN RIGHT, SOUTHERLY, ON
GRAVEL ROAD FOR 1.0 MILE TO A FORK, TAKE THE LEFT FORK, EASTERLY
ON GRAVEL ROAD FOR 1.35 MILES TO A FORK AT THE EDMUNDS RESIDENCE
ON THE RIGHT, TAKE THE LEFT FORK, NORTHERLY ON GRADED ROAD FOR
3.65 MILES TO A FORK AT SIGN MT MARSTON ROAD, MT MARSTON L.O.
8, TAKE THE LEFT FORK, NORTH ON GRADED ROAD FOR 1.6 MILES
TO A FORK, TAKE THE LEFT FORK, NORTHWESTERLY FOR 1.9 MILES
TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT, CONTINUE AHEAD ON MAIN GRADED ROAD FOR
2.95 MILES TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT, CONTINUE
AHEAD ON GRADED ROAD FOR 2.1 MILES TO THE MT MARSTON
LOOKOUT HOUSE AND STATION.

STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED MARSTON 1960, CEMENTED
IN A DRILL HOLE IN A 5 X 4 FOOT BOULDER AND IS 1 FOOT LOWER
THAN THE HIGHEST PART OF NORTH-SOUTH RIDGE. IT IS 49 FEET
EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE GRADED ROAD, 20.4 FEET NORTH-NORTHEAST
OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE AND 18.7 FEET
NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE.
REX'S FIRE LOOKOUT PAGE
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