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Fire lookout · Shoshone County, Idaho

Devil Peak Lookout

Coeur d'Alene NF site: 1931 camp, L-4 cab built 1934 and destroyed 1947; a July 2023 note says tower footings remain.

Ruins: Only footings or remains are left. Destroyed in 1947; cement footings for the tower remain, per a July 2023 note

Visit & stay

Ruins: footings or remains only. There is no structure 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
Ruins
Type
Ground-level cabL-4 cabThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1934
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Shoshone County, Idaho
Coordinates
47.94792, −116.22399
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
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View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1931 EventCamp located at the siteSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. 1934 BuiltL-4 cab built atop the north endSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  3. 1947 DestroyedDestroyedSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  4. TodayRuinsOnly footings or remains are left.

Old maps of this spot

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Story

Researched 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Devil Peak lookout site lies in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, about 11 miles east-southeast of Lakeview.1 The Idaho Fire Lookouts page gives its elevation as 4,616 feet.2 A camp was set up there in 1931.1,2 In 1934 an L-4 cab went up at the north end of the site.1,2 The lookout was destroyed in 1947.1,2

The FFLA's Idaho list places the site in Shoshone County, gives its type as Ground and marks it gone.3

A July 2023 note on the Idaho Fire Lookouts page says little is left to see beyond concrete footings for the tower.2 The list says gone, while the 2023 note describes footings, so the two sources differ on what remains.2,3 The page labels the site hike-in.2 No other source we read describes the site today.

  1. Devil Peak Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/devilpeak.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Devil Peak Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/cda-region/devil-peak-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Idaho fire lookout list, firelookout.org (FFLA), https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/id (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Devil Peak Lookout
Devil Peak LookoutPhoto: idahofirelookouts.com · source

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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: photos, 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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