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Lindroos Hill Lookout

Pole tower with L-4 cab built 1933 east of Mullan, Idaho; removed or destroyed in 1955; Interstate 90 now runs through the site.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed or destroyed in 1955; firelookout.com and Idaho Fire Lookouts say Interstate 90 now runs through the spot.

Visit & stay

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

Access

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Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
No source describes a visitor approach or any access rule; Interstate 90 now covers the spot (firelookout.com; Idaho Fire Lookouts).

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerpole tower with L-4 cabThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Shoshone County, Idaho
Coordinates
47.46881, −115.76036
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. 1933 BuiltPole tower with L-4 cab, low on the hillside above Mullan; height given as 25 feet (firelookout.com, Idaho Fire Lookouts) or 30 feet (Weebly list)Sources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1934 First staffedCarl Hennings named for 1934 and 1935, citing Wallace Press-Times reportsSource: idahofirelookouts.com
  3. 1937 StaffedGeorge Adams listed as lookout (Idaho Fire Lookouts)Source: idahofirelookouts.com
  4. 1946 StaffedGeorge D Howard listed as lookout (Idaho Fire Lookouts)Source: idahofirelookouts.com
  5. 1953 EventKellogg Evening News reported pending removal in June 1953; Forest Ranger J. E. Sanderson said the station would not be used that year and would be dismantled, with the picnic area enlarged for public useSources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  6. 1953 Last staffedStaffing discontinuedSource: firelookout.com
  7. 1955 Removedfirelookout.com and Idaho Fire Lookouts say removed; the Weebly list says destroyedSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  8. 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.

Lindroos Hill sits east of Mullan in Shoshone County, Idaho.1,2 A pole tower with an L-4 cab went up there in 1933.3,1 The tower was unusual in sitting low on the hillside instead of on a distant ridge, which let it look straight down on Mullan.4

Sources disagree on its height. Firelookout.com and Idaho Fire Lookouts give 25 feet, while the Weebly list gives 30.3,4,1

The site had two unusual features. Old U.S. Highway 10 passed right by it, so the site had more passing traffic than a typical lookout, and a gravity-fed spring farther up the hill supplied running water.4

Carl Hennings is named for 1934 and 1935, based on Wallace newspaper reports that Idaho Fire Lookouts cites.4 George Adams is listed for 1937.4 Idaho Fire Lookouts names George D. Howard for 1946, and both sites list Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jensen for that year.3,4 Firelookout.com says staffing ended in 1953.3

In June 1953 the Kellogg Evening News reported the tower's pending removal.3 Forest Ranger J. E. Sanderson said, as the Spokesman-Review reported, that the station would not be used that year and would be dismantled because it was becoming unsafe. The picnic area around it was to be enlarged for public use.1

Both firelookout.com and Idaho Fire Lookouts record the tower as removed in 1955, while the Weebly list calls it destroyed that year.3,4,1

Interstate 90 now covers the site where the tower stood.3,4 No source describes what, if anything, remains on the ground, and none says whether the site is open to visitors today.3,4,1

  1. Shoshone County - Forest Lookouts, idaholookouts.weebly.com, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/shoshone-county.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Idaho lookout list, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/id (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Lindroos Hill Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/lindrooshill.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Lindroos Hill Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/st-joe-clearwater-region/lindroos-hill-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Lindroos Hill Lookout
Lindroos Hill 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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