Striped Peak Lookout.
This file appears in: Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways: Fire Lookouts
The Striped Peak Lookout of the Coeur d’Alene National Forest was built in 1924. It was accidently burned in 1936 and never replaced. Courtesy of the Museum of North I daho.
This file appears in: Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways: Fire Lookouts
Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways: Fire Lookouts
The fire lookout started as a means of early detection of forest fires. Today its new role is as a week-end get-a-way.