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Bald (Rondaxe)
Mountain
Fire Tower Restoration Project Progress Report
Website Provided By
Friends of Bald Mt., Box 206, Old Forge, NY 13420
Other
Adirondack-Catskill Fire Tower Project Links
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Fire
Tower Challenge - Sponsored by the Glens
Falls Chapter of the Adirondack Mt. Club
The Fire Tower Challenge hikes are described in Jack Freeman's new guidebook -
Views from on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
Published by ADK, the book is available from the Club at its website
or in retail bookstores.
For a list of the Adirondack Towers,
see Bob Berch's
site. He maintains a chart of the mountains, heights, distances
& directions. Don't forget to sign the registers!!
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Catskill
Towers Restoration Links
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"The Hunter Mountain Fire
Tower and the others across the Empire State are
outstanding educational and recreational resources and provide New Yorkers
with endless opportunities to view our natural world," New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) James P. Cahill said at a
ribbon-cutting ceremony held Saturday, October 7, 2000 marking the
reopening of the historic Hunter Mountain Fire Tower in the Catskill Park,
Town of Hunter, Greene County.
In 1997, a group of volunteers formed the Catskill Fire
Tower Restoration Project to work towards the preservation of the five
remaining Catskill towers. The project was a joint-venture among DEC,
which owns the towers, the Catskill Center for Conservation and
Development, the Forest Fire Lookout Association and numerous private
volunteers. DEC provided $10,000 from the State Environmental
Protection Fund (EPF) for the Hunter Fire Tower restoration effort and
volunteers raised an additional $3,000 and assisted in the rehabilitation
of the structure. (DEC Press release - October 7, 2000) |
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Adirondack
Fire Tower Restoration Projects
- Mt.
Arab
- Azure
- Pokomoonshine
- Hadley Mt.
- Snowy Mt.
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*AARCH
UPDATE: ALBANY: Adirondack and Catskill Fire Towers are now on the
National Register of Historic Places. In October 2001, ten fire
observation towers in the Adirondack and Catskill State Parks were
officially placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The
multiple property nomination, Fire Towers of the New York State Forest
Preserve, was prepared by Wes Haynes for AARCH in 1999. The nomination was
funded through a grant to AARCH from the Preserve New York Grant Program.
Others fire towers will be added to this nomination in the future.
The towers in the
Adirondacks include: Azure Mountain, Blue Mountain, Hadley Mountain, Kane
Mountain, Mt. Arab, Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain, Snowy Mountain
The fire towers listed in the Catskills include: Balsam Lake Mountain, Red
Hill Mountain, and Tremper Mountain
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