McCart Fire Lookout

The McCart Fire Lookout, near Sula, Montana, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

McCart Fire Lookout
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Sula, Montana
Coordinates	45°53′05″N 113°43′00″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1939
Engineer	Clyde Fickes
Architectural style	L-4 Fire Lookout
NRHP reference No.	96000660[1]
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1996

It is an L-4 Fire Lookout, located at 7,115 feet (2,169 m) elevation, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the East Fork Forest Service Station in Bitterroot National Forest.^[2]

It was named for Bill McCart, a longtime National Forest Service employee in the East Fork District (now Sula District).^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McCart Fire Lookout /24RA175". National Park Service. Retrieved July 10, 2019. With accompanying eight photos from 1995