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Fire lookout · Shoshone County, Idaho

Fishhook Peak Lookout

St. Joe NF site: 1922 10-foot pole tower with cupola, 1925 log cabin, 1931 20-foot L-4 tower; the tower was destroyed in 1969 and footings, a beam and debris were reported in 2024.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. The 1931 tower was destroyed in 1969. A post dated October 29, 2024 reports cement footings, one support beam, a root cellar and debris at the site; the team believes the footings and beam came from the 1931 tower.

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. Listed as hike-in on St. Joe National Forest land. None of the three sources mentions a closure or a permit.

Road to the top?
No, you have to hike
Trail
Tagged Hike-In by the Idaho Fire Lookouts page. Reported remains are cement footings, one support beam, a root cellar and debris; there is no tower to climb.

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower1922 10-foot pole tower with a metal cupola; 1925 log cabin a quarter mile south; 1931 20-foot pole L-4 towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1922
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
St. Joe National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Shoshone County, Idaho
Coordinates
47.14155, −115.96573
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. 1922 Built10-foot pole tower with a metal cupola cabinSources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. 1925 BuiltLog cabin about a quarter mile south of the towerSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  3. 1931 Built20-foot pole L-4 towerSources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  4. No record between 1931 and 1969
  5. 1969 DestroyedThe 1931 tower was destroyedSources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  6. No record between 1969 and 2024
  7. 2024 Condition assessmentIdaho Fire Lookouts post dated October 29, 2024 reports cement footings, a support beam and debris at the siteSource: idahofirelookouts.com
  8. 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.

Fishhook Peak, in Shoshone County, Idaho, was developed as a lookout in 1922, with a 10-foot pole tower topped by a metal cupola.1,2,3 The peak stands at 6,531 feet.1,3

A log cabin went up about a quarter mile south in 1925.1,3 In 1931 a 20-foot pole L-4 tower was built.1,2,3 Firelookout.com also notes a patrol platform on Breezy Point, two miles south.1

The 1931 tower was destroyed in 1969.1,2,3 Firelookout.com dates the lookout's run as 1931 to 1969.1

A post dated October 29, 2024, by the Idaho Fire Lookouts team reports cement footings and one support beam that they believe came from the 1931 tower.3 They also found debris they think came from the log cabin, and the post mentions a root cellar.3

The site is listed as hike-in, on St. Joe National Forest land.2,3

  1. Fishhook Peak Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/fishhookpeak.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Shoshone County, Forest Lookouts, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/shoshone-county.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Fishhook Peak Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/st-joe-clearwater-region/fishhook-peak-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Fishhook Peak Lookout
Fishhook 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, 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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