HOME
Idaho Lookouts
WillhiteWeb.com
This mountain is located in a state park. The excellent gravel road goes up to the summit where any car can access. There are picnic tables and a restroom on the summit. The road that traverses the park is closed in winter but open for recreation. During the summer/fall, any car can drive the road system. There are numerous campgrounds along the drive and some big views on the western side of the drive.
Mary Minerva Croskey Memorial State Park
Summit Elevation: 4,324
Hiking Distance: Drive up
Prominence: 1,244 feet

Mission Mountain Lookout Site

Still standing on the summit of Mission Mountain is the tree that had a fire lookout crows nest established in the 1920s. As of 2024, there were still a few boards and some wire dangling down from the tree. Old nails are present where the ladder once climbed the tree. The route up the tree is the only side of the tree void of branches, a narrow passage way up. There may have also been a tower built at the summit in the 1930s.
Mission Mountain crows nest Mission Mountain crows nest crows nest ladder Mission Mountain crows nest mission mountain map Mission Mountain Mission Mountain Mission Mountain mission mountain
Nail where the ladder up into the tree was located
Summit picnic area of Mission Mountain
Sign off Skyline Drive for the spur road up Mission Mountain.
A few pieces of wood look to remain at the platform site.
Ladder route up the tree (you have to get right up next to the tree to see it).
The full tree
Phone line still drops from the crows nest