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Fire lookout · Valley County, Idaho

Sloans Creek Point

Also known as Sloans Point Lookout

Payette NF lookout built in 1933 near McCall, Idaho; tower dismantled in 2000, with the cab and 10 feet rebuilt on the Central Idaho Historical Museum grounds.

The lookout that stood here was moved. Now at the Cent. ID Hist. Museum

Moved: The structure was moved. The map shows where it stands now; the timeline says where it came from. The 72-foot tower came down in 2000; the museum has the rebuilt cab and about 10 feet of tower, per the Register

Visit & stay

Not rentable. As far as we know, this lookout cannot be booked for overnight stays.

Access

Open to the public. Stands on the museum grounds in McCall; no source says whether the cab can be entered

Can you climb it?
Unknown
Road to the top?
Yes, you can drive up
Staffing
Unknown

Facts

Status
Moved
Type
Cab on a tower72-foot Aermotor tower with a 7x7 metal cab, plus a log cabin residenceThe design: Aermotor
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Payette National Forest (original site); the Central Idaho Historical Museum administers the register entry
Land
Unknown
Location
Valley County, Idaho
Coordinates
44.74488, −115.92730
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 BuiltBuilt with a log cabin residence and a 72-foot Aermotor tower; materials hauled in by wagonSources: firelookout.com, nhlr.org, idahofirelookouts.com
  2. 1934 First staffedMarker gives 1934 as the start of staffingSource: hmdb.org
  3. No record between 1934 and 1970
  4. 1970 Last staffedMarker gives 1970 as the last staffed year; the Register says staffed into the 1970sSources: hmdb.org, nhlr.org
  5. No record between 1970 and 1994
  6. 1994 RemovedLog cabin residence removedSource: nhlr.org
  7. 2000 MovedTower dismantled by volunteers; cab and 10 feet rebuilt at the Central Idaho Historical Museum in McCallSources: firelookout.com, nhlr.org, idahofirelookouts.com
  8. 2008 Added to the National Historic Lookout RegisterAdded to the National Historic Lookout RegisterSource: idahofirelookouts.com
  9. Date unknown MovedThe lookout was moved to the Cent. ID Hist. Museum.Source: FFLA
  10. TodayMovedThe structure was moved. The map shows where it stands now; the timeline says where it came from.

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.

Sloans Creek Point, also called Sloans Point, stood in the Payette National Forest, 14 miles southeast of McCall, Idaho.1,2 The Register dates it to 1933 and says wagons brought in its materials.2 The lookout had a log cabin residence and a 72-foot Aermotor tower with a metal cab about seven feet square.2,3

Sources give different end dates for its staffing.2,3,4 The Register says staffing continued into the 1970s.2 A marker at the museum gives 1934 to 1970.4 Idaho Fire Lookouts lists the 1970s as the point it stopped being staffed.3

The log cabin was removed in 1994.2 In 2000, volunteers took the tower apart and rebuilt its cab and 10 feet of tower at the Central Idaho Historical Museum in McCall.2,3 Idaho Fire Lookouts gives 2008 as the year it joined the National Historic Lookout Register.3

Today the rebuilt lookout stands on the museum grounds in McCall.4 A McCall visitor listing names a cab and tower from Sloan Point among the museum's exhibits, while the Register describes the rebuilt part as the cab and 10 feet of tower.5,2 The museum says private tours of its grounds run through October 15, with at least three days' notice.6 No source we read says whether the cab can be entered, so ask the museum before you visit. No source describes what, if anything, remains at the original site today.

  1. Sloans Creek Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/sloanscreekpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Sloans Point Lookout, National Historic Lookout Register, http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/sloans-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Sloans Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/west-central/sloans-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Sloan's Point Lookout Historical Marker, Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=119491 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  5. McCall History & Museums: Central Idaho Historical Museum, allmccall.com, https://www.allmccall.com/history_museums/central_idaho_historical_museum.php (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  6. Plan Your Visit, Central Idaho Historical Museum, https://cihmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Sloans Point Lookout
Sloans 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, 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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