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Fire lookout · Lincoln County, Montana

Rock Candy Lookout Site

Kootenai NF site in Lincoln County: a 1920s log cabin burned in 1931, a 10-foot pole L-4 tower built 1933, in ruins by 1975; no source describes the site today.

Gone: The lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. In ruins by 1975 per both sources; no source describes what remains today

Visit & stay

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

Access

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Road to the top?
Unknown

Facts

Status
Gone
Type
Cab on a tower10-foot pole L-4 towerThe design: L-4
Built of
Wood
Built
1933
Height
10 ft (3.0 m)
Elevation
7,211 ft (2,198 m)
Agency
U.S. Forest Service
Land
Federal land
Location
Lincoln County, Montana
Coordinates
48.89748, −115.95073
This entry
VerifiedResearched, then checked independently. Updated 9 Oct 2026.
Firefinder id
us-mt-rock-candy

View from the cab

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History

Then and now

  1. 1931 BurnedLog cabin built in the 1920s was burned in a 1931 forest fireSources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  2. 1933 Built10-foot pole L-4 tower built on the site in 1933Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  3. No record between 1933 and 1975
  4. 1975 EventTower in ruins by 1975 (register); 'Ruins 1975' (firelookout.com)Sources: firetower.org, firelookout.com
  5. No record between 1975 and 2011
  6. 2011 Added to the Former Fire Lookout Sites RegisterDate registered August 16, 2011; nominated by Rod FosbackSource: firetower.org
  7. TodayGoneThe lookout no longer stands. Only the site is left. When it came down is not recorded.

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 9 Oct 2026, fact-checked.

The Rock Candy Lookout Site is in Lincoln County, Montana, in the Kootenai National Forest.1 The Forest Service administers it, and the register puts the site at 7,211 feet, or 2,198 meters.1 Firelookout.com places it about 12 miles west-northwest of Yaak.2

According to the register, a log cabin put up in the 1920s was destroyed by a forest fire in 1931.1,2 A 10-foot pole L-4 tower went up on the site in 1933.1,2 By 1975 the tower had fallen into ruin.1,2

Rod Fosback nominated the site, and the Former Fire Lookout Sites Register recorded it on August 16, 2011.1 The Forest Fire Lookout Association lists the site as a gone tower.3

No source we read describes what remains at the site today, or whether the public can reach it.

  1. Rock Candy Lookout Site, Former Fire Lookout Sites Register, http://firetower.org/lookouts/us/mt/rock-candy-lookout-site/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  2. Rock Candy Fire Lookout Tower, firelookout.com, https://www.firelookout.com/mt/rockcandy.html (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩
  3. Montana Lookouts, Forest Fire Lookout Association, https://firelookout.org/lookouts/us/mt/ (accessed 2026-10-09). ↩

Photos

Photo of Rock Candy Lookout Site
Photo: Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved · source

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Sources

  1. Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (FFLOS) Gave us: name, location, county, elevation, what it is built of, register numbers, agency, ownership, dates, photos, links Former Fire Lookout Sites Register (firetower.org) · All rights reserved (American Resources, Inc.); facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 4 Oct 2026
  2. Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) - US lookout lists Gave us: type, status, register numbers, links Forest Fire Lookout Association (firelookout.org) · No licence stated; facts extracted only, no prose copied. · retrieved 8 Oct 2026
  3. 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
  4. Firefinder research Gave us: summary, design, height, status, agency, 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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