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Fall Creek Point Lookout

Nez Perce NF two-story log cupola cabin, built about 1930 and abandoned in 1950; firelookout.com and the Idaho Fire Lookouts page list it as gone, and no source describes what remains.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Listed as gone by firelookout.com and the Idaho Fire Lookouts page. No source describes what, if anything, remains at the site.

Visit & stay

Gone: site only. The lookout no longer stands, so there is nothing to climb or rent. You may still be able to visit the site.

Access

Open to the public. Tagged drive-up by the Idaho Fire Lookouts page, on Nez Perce National Forest land. None of the four sources mentions a closure or a permit.

Road to the top?
Yes, you can drive up
Trail
The Idaho Fire Lookouts page tags the site Drive-Up. The cabin is gone, so there is nothing to climb; no source describes the site today.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Two-story buildingTwo-story log cabin with a cupolaThe design: Cupola house
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1930
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Nez Perce National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates
45.81772, −115.66779
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-id-fall-creek-point

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History

Then and now

  1. 1930 BuiltTwo-story log cabin with a cupola; sources give about 1930 (the FS list says 1930 +/-)Sources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. No record between 1930 and 1950
  3. 1950 AbandonedAbandoned in 1950Sources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  4. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left.

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 10 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

Fall Creek Point Lookout was a two-story log cabin with a cupola in the Nez Perce National Forest, about 11 miles west of Elk City in Idaho County.1,2

Sources date the cabin to about 1930.1,3,4,2 Three of them describe it as a two-story log structure with a cupola.1,3,4 The site stands at 4,929 feet.1,4

The cabin was abandoned in 1950.1,3,4,2 Firelookout.com and the Idaho Fire Lookouts page both list it as gone.1,4 The Forest Service list gives the same 1950 date.2

No source describes what, if anything, remains at the site today. The Idaho Fire Lookouts page tags the site as drive-up, which is the only access detail the sources give.4 The Forest Service lists it among the Nez Perce National Forest lookouts.2

  1. Fall Creek Point Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/fallcreekpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Nez Perce National Forest Lookouts, USDA Forest Service, Nez Perce National Forest, https://www.fs.usda.gov/media/259204 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Idaho County (A-L), Forest Lookouts, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/idaho-county-a-l.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Fall Creek Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/selway-region/fall-creek-point-lookout/ (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, access, 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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