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Mount George Lookout

Idaho County, ID lookout: crow's nest c.1924, 10-foot L-4 cab tower built 1941, burned down or removed by burning in 1969; no source describes the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Burned down in 1969 per two sites; Forest Lookouts says the Forest Service removed it by burning. No source describes the site today

Visit & stay

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

Access

Access unknown

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Road to the top?
Unknown
Trail
Listed as a hike-in site (Idaho Fire Lookouts); no current trail or access rule found

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a towerL-4 cab on a 10-foot tower (sources differ between pole and timber)The design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1924
Height
10 ft (3.0 m)
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Bitterroot National Forest
Land
Federal land
Location
Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates
45.91590, −114.62663
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. 1924 BuiltCrow's nest, about 1924 (Fire Lookout; Forest Lookouts gives c.1924, citing Kresek)Sources: firelookout.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  2. 1932 StaffedJuly 1932 newspaper item quoted by Forest Lookouts: the lookout on Mount George reported snowSource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1941 Built10-foot L-4 cab tower; Forest Lookouts says timber, Fire Lookout and Idaho Fire Lookouts say poleSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  4. 1952 StaffedDonald WoodsSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  5. 1955 StaffedWilliam Moen, partial seasonSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  6. 1956 StaffedDick MontagSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  7. 1957 StaffedDave WarrisSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  8. 1958 StaffedLee AndersonSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  9. 1961 Last staffedTony Rasmussen; a 1962 item quoted by Forest Lookouts says he was on the mountain in 1961Sources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  10. 1969 BurnedBurned down per Fire Lookout and Idaho Fire Lookouts; Forest Lookouts says the Forest Service removed it by burningSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, idaholookouts.weebly.com
  11. 1969 DestroyedSource: Idaho Fire Lookouts (idahofirelookouts.com)
  12. 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.

Mount George is in Idaho County, Idaho, at 7,747 feet, about 16 miles north-northeast of Magruder R.S.1

The first lookout was a crow's nest, which Forest Lookouts dates to about 1924, citing Kresek.1,2 A July 1932 newspaper item, quoted by Forest Lookouts, shows a lookout on the mountain reporting snow.2 In 1941 a ten-foot L-4 cab tower went up on the site.1,3,2 Fire Lookout and Idaho Fire Lookouts describe it as a pole tower, while Forest Lookouts calls it a timber tower.1,3,2

Fire Lookout and Forest Lookouts place the mountain in the Bitterroot National Forest. Idaho Fire Lookouts names the Nez Perce National Forest instead.1,3,2

Fire Lookout and Idaho Fire Lookouts list lookout staff from 1952 to 1961: Donald Woods, William Moen for part of a season, Dick Montag, Dave Warris, Lee Anderson and Tony Rasmussen.1,3 A 1962 newspaper item, quoted by Forest Lookouts, places Rasmussen on the mountain in 1961.2

The lookout was lost in 1969. Fire Lookout and Idaho Fire Lookouts say it burned down.1,3 Forest Lookouts says the Forest Service removed the lookout by burning that year, so the sources differ on how it ended.2

None of the sources we read describes what, if anything, remains at the site today.1,3,2 Idaho Fire Lookouts lists the site as a hike-in.3

  1. Mt. George Fire Lookout Tower, Fire Lookout, https://www.firelookout.com/id/george.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Mount George, Forest Lookouts, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/mount-george.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. George, Mount Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/selway-region/george-mount-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

George, Mount Lookout
George, Mount 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: dates, 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. FOREST LOOKOUTS -- western US (Ron Kemnow's weebly sites) Gave us: design, height, agency, ownership, 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
  5. 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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