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Rabbit Point Lookout

Log cupola cabin built in 1930 on Rabbit Point, removed or destroyed about 1950; sources agree on the date but not the cause; no source describes remains.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Removed or destroyed about 1950, depending on the source; no source describes remains

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?
No, you have to hike
Trail
Idaho Fire Lookouts lists it as a hike-in site; the site borders the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Ground-level cabLog cupola cabin at the south end of the ridgeThe 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
45.49758, −115.38231
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-id-rabbit-point

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1930 BuiltLog cupola cabin at the south end of the ridge; firelookout.com, Idaho Fire Lookouts and the Forest Service list all give 1930Sources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, fs.usda.gov
  2. 1930 EventCamp at the site, given as the 1930s (decade only) on the Forest Lookouts listSource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  3. No record between 1930 and 1950
  4. 1950 RemovedRemoved about 1950 per firelookout.com; Idaho Fire Lookouts gives only the 1950s; the Forest Service list says destroyed 1950Sources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, fs.usda.gov
  5. 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.

Rabbit Point, on the Nez Perce National Forest, carried a log cupola cabin at the south end of its ridge.1,2,3,4 Firelookout.com, Idaho Fire Lookouts and the Forest Service list all give 1930 as the build year.1,2,3

A Forest Lookouts list of Idaho County towers gives a camp at the site in the 1930s.4

Firelookout.com says the cabin was removed about 1950, and Idaho Fire Lookouts also lists it as removed.1,2 The Forest Service list instead says it was destroyed in 1950.3 The sources agree on the rough date but not on how the cabin ended. The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists the site as ground and gone.5

Firelookout.com says the site borders the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, and Idaho Fire Lookouts lists it as a hike-in site.1,2 No source describes what remains on the ridge today. A Forest Service history page counts 20 log cabin lookouts with cupolas on the Nez Perce forest and says only one remains.6

  1. Rabbit Point Fire Lookout Cabin, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/rabbitpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Rabbit Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/selway-region/rabbit-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Nez Perce National Forest Lookouts, U.S. Forest Service, https://www.fs.usda.gov/media/259204 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Idaho County (M-w), Forest Lookouts, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/idaho-county-m-w.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  5. Idaho Lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/id (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  6. Nez Perce-Clearwater Fire Lookouts, U.S. Forest Service, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/nezperce-clearwater/recreation/discover-history/nez-perce-clearwater-fire-lookouts (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Rabbit Point Lookout
Rabbit Point 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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