Hike-In | Tourist Attraction (?) |
Elevation: 6297ft | Coeur d’Alene National Forest |
HISTORY
1934: 20′ pole L-4 Tower was built here (approximately)
1950: Destroyed
1997: Silver Mountain built this current L-4 cab and it was intermittently staffed in the beginning years. However it has not been staffed in recent years and it appears to have fallen into some disrepair. Silver Mountain highlights the tower as a hiking destination during summer – a short 3.7mile round trip hike from their summit lodge.

OUR NOTES
We first visited Kellogg Peak in the early 2000s during one of the Silver Valley LOCALS day events. We talked with the lookout manning the tower at the time who was a very nice gentleman (we cant recall his name). At the time the tower appeared brand new.
We see this tower every winter when we go skiing at Silver Mountain off Chair 2 and tip our hat to it each time.

However we made a summer visit again this year, 2024 for Silver Valley Locals Day again. Its unfortunate that it is no longer staffed, definitely unused for a length of time and in need of some TLC.



We found this article in the Spokesman Review from 2004 about Kellogg Peak Lookout, its history and who first staffed the replica tower:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/aug/16/look-out-for-fun/: Kellogg Peak Lookout
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