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Clay Butte Lookout

Coordinates: 44°56′40″N 109°37′36″W / 44.944392°N 109.626573°W / 44.944392; -109.626573
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Clay Butte Lookout
Clay Butte Lookout is located in Wyoming
Clay Butte Lookout
Clay Butte Lookout is located in the United States
Clay Butte Lookout
LocationApprox. 1/2 mi. N. of jct. of US 212 and FS Rd. 142, Park County, Wyoming
Nearest cityClark, Wyoming
Coordinates44°56′40″N 109°37′36″W / 44.944392°N 109.626573°W / 44.944392; -109.626573
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1941-1943
NRHP reference No.13001065[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 2014

The Clay Butte Lookout is a forest fire lookout in Park County, Wyoming. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

It is located in the northern Absaroka Range in the Shoshone National Forest about sixteen miles east of Yellowstone National Park and about four miles south of the Wyoming-Montana state border. It is about one half mile north of U.S. Highway 212, at the end of FS Rd. 142 which winds up to it.[2]

Its construction was started in 1941 within the Civilian Conservation Corps program, but the CCC was closed before it was completed in 1943. It is a three-story wood-sided structure built out of eight inch by eight inch beams. It is 26.25 feet (8.00 m) tall.[2]

It is near Clark, Wyoming.

References

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  1. ^ a b NP Gallery: 13001065
  2. ^ a b Elizabeth L. and Robert G. Rosenberg (August 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clay Butte Lookout / Clay Butte Tower; Clay Butte Fire Lookout; Site 48PA2492" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 27, 2017.