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Fire lookout · Shoshone County, Idaho

Seven Mile Point Lookout

Gone: a 20-foot L-4 tower built in 1941 in the Clearwater National Forest and destroyed in 1962; no source describes what remains.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Destroyed in 1962; no source describes what remains

Visit & stay

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

Access

Access unknown

We do not know the access rules. Check with the land manager before you go.

Road to the top?
Yes, you can drive up
Trail
Idaho Fire Lookouts labels the site drive-up; no source describes access today

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower20-foot L-4 towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1941
Height
20 ft (6.1 m)
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Clearwater National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Shoshone County, Idaho
Coordinates
46.56891, −115.50437
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-id-seven-mile-point

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1941 Built20-foot L-4 towerSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. 1945 StaffedStaffed by Warren Yahr, per Idaho Fire Lookouts, which cites his book Smokechaser; conflicts with Yahr's own pageSource: idahofirelookouts.com
  3. No record between 1945 and 1962
  4. 1962 DestroyedDestroyedSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com
  5. 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.

The Seven Mile Point lookout site sits at 4,851 feet in the Clearwater National Forest, about 15 miles northeast of Pierce in Shoshone County, Idaho.1,2

A 20-foot L-4 tower was built there in 1941.1,2

Idaho Fire Lookouts says Warren Yahr staffed the lookout in 1945 and mentions his book Smokechaser.2 Yahr's own page on the same website lists Bear Butte for 1945 to 1948 and does not mention Seven Mile Point, so the 1945 posting is not settled.3

The book, Smokechaser, was published in 1995, and its catalog record gives subject headings for fire lookout stations in the Clearwater National Forest.4

The site was destroyed in 1962.1,2

Idaho Fire Lookouts labels the site drive-up.2 No source we read describes what remains there today or whether the land is open to visitors, so check with the Clearwater National Forest before you go.

  1. Seven Mile Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/sevenmilepoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Seven Mile Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/st-joe-clearwater-region/seven-mile-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Warren Yahr, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/lookout-staff/warren-yahr/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Smokechaser, Yahr, Warren, 1928-, Internet Archive catalog record, https://archive.org/details/smokechaser0000yahr (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: dates, 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, height, 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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