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Stillman Point Lookout

Nez Perce NF lookout: most sources give a 30-foot pole tower from 1933, destroyed about 1954; a 1981 history describes a steel tower instead.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. Most sources say it was destroyed about 1954; a 1981 history says a steel tower still stood then.

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
Listed as a hike-in site

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower30-foot pole tower with L-4 cabThe design: L-4
Built of
Not recorded
Built
1933
Height
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Agency
Nez Perce National Forest
Land
Unknown
Location
Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates
46.05791, −115.46515
Registers
Not on a lookout register
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 10 Oct 2026.
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History

Then and now

  1. 1933 Built30-foot pole tower with L-4 cabSources: firelookout.com, idahofirelookouts.com, fs.usda.gov
  2. 1939 BuiltPer the 1981 history only: 100-foot steel tower with glass-enclosed observatory; the history does not mention the 1933 pole towerSource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  3. 1941 BuiltLog cabin for the lookout, per the 1981 historySource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  4. 1954 DestroyedAbout 1954 per firelookout.com; the 2010 Forest Service list also gives 1954Sources: firelookout.com, fs.usda.gov
  5. No record between 1954 and 1979
  6. 1979 AbandonedAbandoned after 1979, per the 1981 historySource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  7. 1979 BurnedLog cabin condemned and burned in 1979, per the 1981 historySource: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  8. 1979 Last staffedLast manned in 1979Source: idaholookouts.weebly.com
  9. 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.

Stillman Point is a lookout site in the Nez Perce National Forest, in Idaho County, at 5,070 feet.1,2,3 Most sources say a 30-foot pole tower with an L-4 cab went up there in 1933.1,2,4

A 1981 history of the Lochsa Ranger District tells a different story. Louis Hartig's report, quoted on the Forest Lookouts site, describes a 100-foot steel tower with an observatory enclosed in glass at the top, built in 1939, and a log cabin added in 1941.5 The report says the lookout was last staffed in 1979 and then abandoned.5 It also says the cabin was condemned, then burned, that year, though the steel tower was still standing.5

The other sources describe the pole tower as destroyed. Firelookout.com says it was destroyed about 1954, and the 2010 Forest Service list also gives 1954, with a margin of error.1,4 Idaho Fire Lookouts marks the site as destroyed and hike-in.2

The sources do not agree. The 1981 history describes a steel tower standing that year, while the others say the pole tower was gone by about 1954. None of them explains whether these describe the same structure.1,4,5

No source I read describes the site today, or says whether the ground is open to the public.1,2,5 The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists the tower as gone.3 In the sources I read, the steel tower appears only in the 1981 report, which is more than 40 years old, so treat any claim that it still stands with caution.5 Do not climb any structure there without checking that it is safe and that the land is open to you.

  1. Stillman Point Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/id/stillmanpoint.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  2. Stillman Point Lookout, Idaho Fire Lookouts, https://www.idahofirelookouts.com/selway-region/stillman-point-lookout/ (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  3. Idaho Lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/id (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  4. Nez Perce National Forest Lookouts, USDA Forest Service, https://www.fs.usda.gov/media/259204 (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩
  5. Idaho County (M-W) - Forest Lookouts, Forest Lookouts, https://idaholookouts.weebly.com/idaho-county-m-w.html (accessed 2026-10-10). ↩

Photos

Stillman Point Lookout
Stillman 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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