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  2. Catskill Mountain fire towers - Wikipedia

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    The following year, forest rangers built the first Hunter Mountain fire tower, a 40-foot (12.2 m) structure made from three trees, on level ground near the summit. It was one of the first fire lookout towers in the Catskills. Observers stood on an open platform and at first had to live in a nearby tent, until a cabin was built. [1]

  3. Red Hill Fire Observation Station - Wikipedia

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    The Red Hill Fire Observation Station consists of a fire lookout tower, cabin and pit privy located on the summit of Red Hill, a 2,990-foot (910 m) Catskill Mountain peak in Denning, New York, United States. It is the southernmost fire tower in the Catskill Park.

  4. Finger Lakes Trail - Wikipedia

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    The main trail (FLT) is 584 miles (940 km) long and extends from the New York-Pennsylvania border from Allegany State Park in southwestern New York to the Catskill Forest Preserve in eastern New York. There is an additional 400+ miles (643+ km) of branch and loop segments that branch off the main FLT—six branch trails and several loop and ...

  5. Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station - Wikipedia

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    Later that year Hinkley became the Balsam Lake Mountain fire tower's last observer as it was closed. [16] Three years later, with the closure of the Red Hill fire tower in the southern Catskills after a brief reopening due to severe drought, the fire tower era ended. [18] The tower remained, its lower flight removed in 1993 to prevent public ...

  6. Overlook Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Overlook Mountain is the southernmost peak of the Catskill Escarpment in the central Catskill Mountains near Woodstock, New York.The centerpiece of the 590-acre (240 ha) Overlook Mountain Wild Forest area of Catskill Park, the mountain is the site of one of the remaining five Catskill Mountain fire towers and the Overlook Mountain House, a hotel which was built at a higher elevation than any ...

  7. Hunter Mountain Fire Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Hunter Mountain Fire Tower is located on the summit of the eponymous mountain, second highest of the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York.It was the first of 23 fire lookout towers built by the state in the region, and the next-to-last of the five still standing to be abandoned.

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  9. Balsam Lake Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Balsam Lake Mountain is one of the Catskill Mountains, located in the Town of Hardenburgh, New York, United States.It is the westernmost of the range's 35 High Peaks.Its exact height has not been determined, but the highest contour line on topographic maps, 3,720 feet (1,130 m), is usually given as its elevation.