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Pages in category "Fire lookout towers in Adirondack Park" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Azure Mountain is a 2,323-foot-tall (708 m) mountain near Blue Mountain Road in the Adirondack Park town of Waverly in Franklin County, New York.Azure Mountain is the site of the Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station, a 35-foot-tall (11 m) steel tower that was built in 1918 and later restored in 2002.
This is a list of notable fire lookout towers and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures.This includes lookout cabins without towers which are perched high and do not require further elevation to serve for their purpose, and also includes notable lookout trees.
Adirondack Mountain Club Fire Tower Challenge. Started by the Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club, hikers visit 18 of 23 fire tower summits inside New York State's Adirondack Park and all five in the Catskills.
The Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station is a 45 feet (14 m) steel-frame fire lookout tower on Snowy Mountain at Indian Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. [2] It was built in 1917 as a 22 feet (6.7 m) prefabricated LS40 tower made by the Aermotor Windmill Company. Following the growth of surrounding trees, four more flights of ...
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The first structure built on Swede Mountain was a wooden tower erected by the Conservation Commission in 1912. In 1918, the wood tower was replaced with a 47-foot-tall (14 m) Aermotor LS40 tower. [2] Approaching the Swede Mountain tower. The fire tower was decommissioned for fire watch purposes by New York State in 1968.
Aug. 4—I've written in this space before about my affection for outdoor recreation. I'm happiest in a kayak, or on a mountain trail, or sitting by a campfire near a lake in the woods. Lots of ...