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Dent Point Lookout

Nez Perce NF L-4 tower built 1933 and abandoned in 1950; now gone, and no source describes what remains on the site.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Abandoned in 1950; no source describes what remains on the site

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent.

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
No, you have to hike
Trail
Labelled hike-in on the Idaho Fire Lookouts page

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerL-4 towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Nez Perce National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates
45.91632, −115.30606
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 BuiltL-4 towerSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. No record between 1933 and 1950
  3. 1950 AbandonedAbandoned in 1950Sources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  4. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Dent Point lookout was a 1933 L-4 tower on the Nez Perce National Forest, about nine miles northeast of Elk City.1,2 The Idaho Fire Lookouts page puts the site at 6,285 feet.2 Both pages also mention a patrol lookout about two miles west-northwest, on Green Ridge. The wording does not say whether that was this tower or a separate station.1,2

The tower was abandoned in 1950.1,2 Both pages now list it as gone.1,2 The FFLA's Idaho list records it the same way and gives its coordinates as 45.91632, -115.30606.3

No source we read describes what, if anything, remains at the site today. The Idaho Fire Lookouts page labels it a hike-in site, so it is reached on foot rather than by road.2

  1. Dent Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/dentpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Dent Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/selway-region/dent-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Idaho fire lookout list, firelookout.org (FFLA), https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/id (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Sources

  1. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: name, location, county, type, status, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  2. firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page Gave us: links firelookout.com · No licence stated on the site; facts only (coordinates, elevation, built/destroyed years, design, agency). Photos mirrored with the site's stated credit. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  3. Idaho Fire Lookouts (idahofirelookouts.com) Gave us: links idahofirelookouts.com · No licence stated; facts only (coordinates, status/built/destroyed year parsed from each entry's short excerpt). Thumbnail photos mirrored with credit per the project's photo policy. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, status, agency, visiting details, dates, links, fact-check Firefinder research (sources cited in the story footnotes) · Our own research notes; each fact cites its source in the lookout's story

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