Once used as our primary means for fire detection, lookouts have been replaced
by airplanes and cell phones. In the summer of 1999, Mason Butte and Whiskey
Butte were torn down. The remaining towers are staffed only in emergency situations.Click
below for history and pictures of our fire detection towers.
Bertha Hill
Elk Butte
Mason Butte*
Smith Ridge
Orofino Point
Whiskey Butte*
Brown's Creek*
*Torn down in 1999
Other lookouts (without pictures):
McGary Butte, Jericho, Little Green, Beaver Butte, Boehls Butte, Hemlock,
Beal's Butte, Zelinka Butte, Mullikan Point, Billing's Point, Township Butte,
Benton Butte, Stoney Point, John Lewis, Windy Point, Brown's Rock, Jackson
Mt., Shattuck Butte, Green Mt., Gold Butte, French Mt., Elk Mt., Dead Horse,
Angel, Huckleberry, Armstrong, Riverview, Bear, Bald Mt., Summit, Shanghai,
Silver, Dull Axe, Stocking Meadows, Freezeout, Scofield, Goat Mt.
(If you have a picture or know about any of these lookouts, please email
us!)