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Gardiner Peak Lookout

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Nearest cityDarby, Idaho
Coordinates45°58′12″N 114°46′00″W / 45.97000°N 114.76667°W / 45.97000; -114.76667 (Salmon Mountain Lookout)
Built1953
Built byUSDA Forest Service
Gardiner Peak Lookout
Gardiner Peak Lookout is located in Idaho
Gardiner Peak Lookout
Gardiner Peak Lookout is located in the United States
Gardiner Peak Lookout
Nearest cityDarby, Idaho
Coordinates45°58′12″N 114°46′00″W / 45.97000°N 114.76667°W / 45.97000; -114.76667 (Salmon Mountain Lookout)
Built1953
Built byUSDA Forest Service
NRHP reference No.100002295
Added to NRHPApril 6, 2018

The Gardiner Peak Lookout, on Gardiner Peak in the West Fork District of Bitterroot National Forest, near Darby, Idaho, was built in 1953. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

It is a 1936-pattern L-4 lookout.[1]

It is a staffed lookout. It is on Gardiner Peak, above the Selway River, within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area on the boundary between the Nez Perce National Forest and the Bitterroot National Forest.[2]

It is at elevation of 6,597 feet (2,011 m).[3]

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