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Green Mountain Lookout

Green Mountain lookout is located near Elk City at the west entrance to the Magruder Corridor. The tower is staffed in fire emergency situations.

Corral Hill Lookout

Corral Hill lookout is located near Clearwater, ID and is staffed during the fire season.

Spyglass Ground House

Spyglass Lookout Ground House was renovated in 2019 and is currently on the Rental Program.

Deer Ridge Lookout

Deer Ridge Lookout is located near Moyie, Idaho and is currently on the Rental Program.

Mallard Peak Lookout

Mallard Larkins Lookout is located in the middle of a wilderness area and only accessible by hiking trail.

Surveyors Ridge Lookout

Surveyors Ridge Lookout offers a gorgeous glimpse of the St Joe National Forest and and the Mallard-Larkins Pioneer area. This tower is on the Rental Program.

Lookout Benjamin using the Osborne Firefinder

The Osborne Finder

The core job of the firewatcher and the entire reason lookouts exist is to spot fires and accurately and quickly relay the location. The number one tool for this task is the fire finder.

Interview with Kevin @ Corral Hill Lookout

Kevin spent years as a wildland fire fighter before he began calling Corral Mountain Lookout his summer home in 2019. A teacher by trade he jumped at the chance to spend him summers "camping" at a lookout tower and the ability to share that with his children.