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Fire lookout · Clearwater County, Idaho

Eagle Point Lookout

A 1973 R-6 flat cab on a 41-foot timber tower in Clearwater County, Idaho; staffed only for emergencies since the 1980s.

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Unknown
Staffing
Staffed only in emergencies

Facts

Status
Standing
Type
Cab on a tower41-ft treated timber tower with R-6 flat cabThe designs: R-6, L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1935
Height
41 ft (12.5 m)
Elevation
5,548 ft (1,691 m)
Agency
US Forest Service - Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
Land
Federal land
Location
Clearwater County, Idaho
Coordinates
46.80069, −115.53699
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 8 Oct 2026.
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View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1935 BuiltFirst structure on the site: a two-story log cabinSources: nhlr.org, firelookout.com
  2. No record between 1935 and 1955
  3. 1955 Replaced by a new structure41-foot treated timber tower with L-4 cabSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  4. No record between 1955 and 1973
  5. 1973 BuiltCurrent 41-foot treated timber tower with R-6 flat cab; the register's built yearSources: nhlr.org, firelookout.com
  6. No record between 1973 and 2020
  7. 2020 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterRegistered December 5, 2020 as US 1467, ID 159Source: nhlr.org
  8. TodayStandingIt still stands, as far as our sources know.

Old maps of this spot

USGS topographic maps from the years a lookout stood may show it, often as a small symbol labelled “Lookout”. See the old topo maps around it on the Firefinder map, or find every scanned sheet of this spot on USGS TopoView (click the spot there to list them, with dates and downloads).

Story

Researched 8 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Eagle Point stands in Clearwater County, Idaho, about four miles southeast of the Canyon Ranger Station.1 The first structure on the site was a two-story log cabin, built in 1935.2,1 In 1955 a 41-foot treated timber tower with an L-4 cab took its place.1,3

The current cab is an R-6 flat top, built in 1973 on an open timber tower that stands 41 feet tall.2,1 A 1959 Coast and Geodetic Survey description, quoted on a lookout-history site, says the Forest Service owns the tower and gives its height as 41 feet.4

In the 1980s the lookout stopped being staffed every season and moved to emergency use.3,1 The register says it is still occasionally staffed during emergencies.2

The sources disagree on elevation. The register gives 5,548 feet (1,691 m), while firelookout.com gives 5,709 feet.2,1 The register added Eagle Point in December 2020 as US 1467, ID 159.2

I could not find a source that says whether visitors may go up the tower, so check with the Forest Service before planning a visit.

  1. Eagle Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/eaglepoint.html (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  2. Eagle Point Lookout, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/eagle-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  3. Eagle Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/st-joe-clearwater-region/eagle-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩
  4. Eagle Point, Forest Lookouts, idaholookouts.weebly.com, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/eagle-point.html (accessed 2026-10-08). ↩

Photos

Eagle Point Lookout - 2016
Eagle Point Lookout - 2016 (2016)Photo: Luke Channer, via National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved · source
Eagle Point in 1966
Eagle Point in 1966 (1966)Photo: Glenn Avery and Gary Weber, via firelookout.com · source
Eagle Point in 1994
Eagle Point in 1994 (1994)Photo: Glenn Avery and Gary Weber, via firelookout.com · source
Eagle Point Lookout
Eagle Point LookoutPhoto: idahofirelookouts.com · source

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Sources

  1. National Historic Lookout Register (NHLR) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links National Historic Lookout Register (nhlr.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: type, status, register numbers, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. firelookout.com -- Rex Kamstra's Forest Fire Lookout Page Gave us: design, photos, 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
  4. 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
  5. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) Gave us: links Ron Kemnow's Forest Lookouts sites (westlookouts, californialookouts, idaholookouts, montanalookouts, oregonlookouts and washingtonlookouts .weebly.com) · No licence stated; facts only (county, land manager, status word, coordinates where the page's own map widget gives them, township-range-section, height and design hints, links). The site's own newspaper quotes, citations and narrative are not reproduced. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  6. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, agency, staffing, 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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