Numa Ridge Fire Lookout

The Numa Ridge Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story timber-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1933.[2] The lookout was built to a standard plan originated by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a program to provide overlapping fire lookout coverage within the park.[3]

Numa Ridge Fire Lookout
Nearest cityWest Glacier, Montana
Coordinates48°53′1″N 114°10′43″W
Built1934
MPSGlacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86000357
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1986[1]

Author Edward Abbey spent the summer of 1975 manning Numa Ridge Lookout.[4]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Numa Ridge Fire Lookout". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14.
  3. Historical Research Associates (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Numa Ridge Fire Lookout" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Edward Abbey's Day Job". Flathead Beacon. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-06-23.


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