Numa Ridge Fire Lookout Explained

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Author Edward Abbey spent the summer of 1975 manning Numa Ridge Lookout.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Numa Ridge Fire Lookout. 2008-11-14. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008. May 21, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521183711/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=177. dead.
2. [{{NRHP url|id=86000357}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Numa Ridge Fire Lookout]. pdf. May 1984 . Historical Research Associates . National Park Service.
3. Web site: 2021-04-18. Edward Abbey's Day Job. 2021-06-23. Flathead Beacon. en.