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The Hunter Mountain Fire Tower has the
unique distinction of being the highest fire tower in New
York State, a 60' tower standing on top of a 4,040'
mountain. It is also only one of a few fire towers to be
listed on the National Historic Lookout Register as
well as the National Register of Historic Places.
The original fire tower on Hunter
Mountain was built in 1909, and was one of the first
three fire towers that were constructed in the Catskills
that year. The original wooden tower was 40 feet tall,
and was replaced with a steel tower in 1917. That tower
was placed at an elevation of 4,000', a third of a mile
from the true summit. The tower was removed and reset at
the present site (the actual summit) in 1953.
(Source:
http://www.catskillcenter.org/towers/) |
by Russell Dunn