Gardiner Peak Lookout

Gardiner Peak, West Fork District, Bitterroot NF, Darby (MT), Idaho. County/parish: Idaho.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 06, 2018. NRIS 100002295.

Part of L-4 Fire Lookouts in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1), 1932-1967 MPS (NRIS 100002040).

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • 10-IH-3237

From Wikipedia:

Gardiner Peak Lookout

The Gardiner Peak Lookout, on Gardiner Peak in the West Fork District of Bitterroot National Forest, near Darby, Idaho, was built in 1953. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

It is a 1936-pattern L-4 lookout.

It is a staffed lookout. It is on Gardiner Peak, above the Selway River, within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area on the boundary between the Nez Perce National Forest and the Bitterroot National Forest.

It is at elevation of 6,597 feet (2,011 m).

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